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

Authors

  • Cheryl C. Macpherson Bioethics Department, St George’s University School of Medicine, St George’s, Grenada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7202/1044259ar

Keywords:

climate change, individual responsibility, collective responsiveness

Language(s):

English

Abstract

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.

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Published

2016-01-13

Issue

Vol. 5 (2016)

Section

"Response to" Commentaries

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Copyright (c) 2016 Cheryl C. Macpherson

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.