Ethics of Environmental Health

Friedo Zölzer is Head of the Department of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection at the University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. Gaston Meskens works part-time with the Centre for Ethics and Value Inquiry of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Ghent, Belgium and with the Science and Technology Studies group of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK-CEN, Belgium.

Foreword

Henk ten Have, Director, Pittsburgh, USA

former Director, Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO

Part I. Insights from the Discussion of Related Topics

Global, Regional and Local Ecological Change:

Ethical Aspects for Public Health Research and PracticeColin L. Soskolne, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Environmental Ethics and Environmental PoliciesMarie Claire Cantone, Milan, Italy

Justice, Environmental Health Laws and Relations Between People

Carl Cranor, Riverside, California, USA

Part II. Principles

A Common Morality Approach to Environmental Health Ethics

Friedo Zölzer, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Bioethics, the Precautionary Principle, and Future Generations

Robin Attfield, Cardiff, UK

Recent Reflections on the Ethical Basis of the System of Radiological ProtectionChristopher Clement, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Part III. Decision Making on Environmental Health Problems

The Phenomenology of Environmental Health Risk: Vulnerability to Modern Technological Risk, Alienation, and Risk Politics

Mark Coeckelbergh, Leicester, UK

Taking Public Opinion Serious in Post-Fukushima JapanMichio Miyasaka, Niigata, Japan

Better Living (in a Complex World) - An Ethics of Care for our Modern Co-Existence

Gaston Meskens, Mol, Belgium

Part IV: Ethics of Radiological Protection

Considerations on Medical Radiation UsageJürgen Kiefer, Giessen, Germany

Social and Ethical Issues in RemediationDeborah Oughton, As, Norway

Radioactive Waste: Some Ethical Aspects of its Disposal

Christian Streffer, Essen, Germany

Conclusions and recommendations