Search for dissertations about: "climate ethics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words climate ethics.
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1. The planner's dilemma : An ethical investigation of adaptation to sea level rise
Abstract : This is a thesis on the ethics of adaptation to sea level rise, with a focus on proactive adaptation planning. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and has been conducted in close collaboration withadaptation planners and other project partners. READ MORE
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2. Ethical Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: The Planner’s Perspective
Abstract : This thesis addresses local adaptation to climate change-induced sea level rise, taking an ethical perspective and focusing at the role of planning and the planner. The research, which has been conducted within a transdisciplinary research project, takes a bottom-up approach to applied ethics, and relies to a great extent on empirical data. READ MORE
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3. Libertarianism and Climate Change
Abstract : In this dissertation, I investigate the implications of libertarian morality in relation to the problem of climate change. This problem is explicated in the first chapter, where preliminary clarifications are also made. READ MORE
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4. The Construction of a Sustainable Development in Times of Climate Change
Abstract : This dissertation is a contribution to the debate about ‘climate justice’, i.e. a call for a just and feasible distribution of responsibility for addressing climate change. READ MORE
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5. Ethical Competence and Moral Distress in the Health Care Sector : A Prospective Evaluation of Ethics Rounds
Abstract : Ongoing structural and financial changes in the health care sector have resulted in increased risks for ethical dilemmas and moral distress. It is purported that increased ethical competence will help staff manage ethical dilemmas and hence decrease moral distress. READ MORE