Defending and defining environmental responsibilities for the health research sector
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Pratt, Bridget. (2024). Defending and defining environmental responsibilities for the health research sector. Science and Engineering Ethics. 30(3), pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-024-00487-z
Authors | Pratt, Bridget |
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Abstract | Six planetary boundaries have already been exceeded, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, chemical pollution, and land-system change. The health research sector contributes to the environmental crisis we are facing, though to a lesser extent than healthcare or agriculture sectors. It could take steps to reduce its environmental impact but generally has not done so, even as the planetary emergency worsens. So far, the normative case for why the health research sector should rectify that failure has not been made. This paper argues strong philosophical grounds, derived from theories of health and social justice, exist to support the claim that the sector has a duty to avoid or minimise causing or contributing to ecological harms that threaten human health or worsen health inequity. The paper next develops ideas about the duty’s content, explaining why it should entail more than reducing carbon emissions, and considers what limits might be placed on the duty. |
Keywords | ethics; health research; justice; environment; climate change |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Science and Engineering Ethics |
Journal citation | 30 (3), pp. 1-25 |
Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media B.V. |
ISSN | 1353-3452 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-024-00487-z |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-024-00487-z |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-25 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 06 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 30 Apr 2024 |
Deposited | 26 Jul 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s) 2024 |
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Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions | |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90v73/defending-and-defining-environmental-responsibilities-for-the-health-research-sector
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