Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer

Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer

James Dwyer’s story about a fictional GAIA Commission highlighted unresolved concerns about the scope of bioethics, specifically regarding the global distribution of, and responsibility for, the health impacts of climate change. This commentary discusses the potential impact of an individual on gree...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Macpherson, Cheryl C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioéthiqueOnline 2016-01-01
Series:BioéthiqueOnline
Subjects:
climate change
individual responsibility
collective responsiveness
Online Access:http://bioethiqueonline.ca/5/1
id doaj-5bf44f29453843748d837813d18e67f1
record_format Article
spelling doaj-5bf44f29453843748d837813d18e67f12020-11-25T01:06:13ZengBioéthiqueOnlineBioéthiqueOnline1923-27992016-01-0151Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to DwyerMacpherson, Cheryl C0Bioethics Department, St George’s University School of Medicine, St George’s, GrenadaJames Dwyer’s story about a fictional GAIA Commission highlighted unresolved concerns about the scope of bioethics, specifically regarding the global distribution of, and responsibility for, the health impacts of climate change. This commentary discusses the potential impact of an individual on greenhouse gas emissions and the importance of engaging institutional responses in order to have meaningful impacts.http://bioethiqueonline.ca/5/1climate changeindividual responsibilitycollective responsiveness
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Macpherson, Cheryl C
spellingShingle Macpherson, Cheryl C
Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
BioéthiqueOnline
climate change
individual responsibility
collective responsiveness
author_facet Macpherson, Cheryl C
author_sort Macpherson, Cheryl C
title Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
title_short Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
title_full Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
title_fullStr Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
title_full_unstemmed Individual and Collective Responsiveness to Climate Change: A Response to Dwyer
title_sort individual and collective responsiveness to climate change: a response to dwyer
publisher BioéthiqueOnline
series BioéthiqueOnline
issn 1923-2799
publishDate 2016-01-01
description James Dwyer’s story about a fictional GAIA Commission highlighted unresolved concerns about the scope of bioethics, specifically regarding the global distribution of, and responsibility for, the health impacts of climate change. This commentary discusses the potential impact of an individual on greenhouse gas emissions and the importance of engaging institutional responses in order to have meaningful impacts.
topic climate change
individual responsibility
collective responsiveness
url http://bioethiqueonline.ca/5/1
work_keys_str_mv AT macphersoncherylc individualandcollectiveresponsivenesstoclimatechangearesponsetodwyer
_version_ 1725190743218192384

Similar Items