Sentences with phrase «on ethical dimensions»

Although there is a growing literature on the ethical dimensions of climate change, most of this literature is focused on theoretical ethical questions rather than on the injustice of positions actually being taken about climate policies.

If this is the explanation, there is a huge practical need to demand that the US press turn up the volume on the ethical dimensions of climate change.

The Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change (EDCC) is comprised of seventeen institutions around the world working on climate change ethics, with secretariat at the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University.

Editor's Note: The Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change (EDCC), a program comprised of 17 ethics institutions whose secretariat is Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University, held several events at the United Nations 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (COP - 15).

The Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change Issues Report to Press at COP - 15

(2006) White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, The Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State University, http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate/whitepaper/whitepaper-intro.shtml, (last visited, Nov 5, 2009)

Our Space is a curriculum designed to encourage high school students to reflect on the ethical dimensions of their participation in new media environments such as Facebook, YouTube, online games, and blogs.

Making the global information society good: A social justice perspective on the ethical dimensions of the global information society.

In March 1976 the DCS adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium on the commercial use of plutonium and mandated a broad study on the ethical dimensions of energy issues.

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It fails on just about every dimension of life, factual, moral, ethical, and yes, even spiritual.

He added: «I was able to pay homage to this great country, which from the beginning has been based on a pleasing joining together of religious, ethical, and political principles, and continues to be a valid example of healthy secularism where the religious dimension, in its diverse expressions, is not only tolerated but valued as the «soul» of the nation and the fundamental guarantee of the rights and duties of the human being.»

By thus divorcing this relation from the clear ethical implications which both Buber and Ferdinand Ebner have given it, Heim makes possible a dualism on the basis of which he characterizes man's relation with the eternal Thou as taking place in an altogether different dimension from his relation with his human Thou.

It was a call to find new ways to co-operate with one another and to reflect together on the moral and ethical dimension of their work.

If Reno wants to dismiss the ethical dimension of this issue, he will have to convince me that what happens in a confined poultry house from start to finish — and its complete impact on land, chicken, farmer, eater, community — is ethically defensible, especially in the face of the viable and sensible alternatives offered by operations like my own.

First of all, while I have here focused on the global dimensions of contemporary life by way of spelling out the biopolitical task, it would be my contention that the fundamental categories I have employed could be used to deal with the whole range of social - ethical problems.

Dr. Frankel is currently directing or co-directing projects related to the ethical and policy implications of human germ - line interventions, the responsible use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research, improving patient safety and reducing errors in health care, the ethical dimensions of the Human Genome Diversity Project, the uses of anonymity on the Internet, and intellectual property and ethical standards for electronic publishing in science.

Assessment practitioners must grapple with the ethical dimensions of making sure important assumptions are transparent, especially when one generation is «kicking the can of the climate challenge on to the next,» she said.

«However, it raises a significant new dimension, partially an ethical one, on the responsibilities of producers and consumers when participating in world trade,» he says.

A political scientist by background, Barbara has published widely on the societal, regulatory, and ethical dimensions of biomedicine and bioscience.

You might focus on medical, ethical, legal, or social dimensions of this issue.

More broadly, she draws on a range of interpretive methods to study the social, historical, political and ethical dimensions of learning.

It is structured around case studies focused on scenarios that real teachers periodically face, which test the ethical and moral dimensions of our profession.

Through various professional development activities such as workshops, retreats, and seminars, he has provided guidance, formation and education to leaders of Catholic schools in all 50 states, Canada, Ireland, and Australia and his work in the private, faith - based sector has given him a unique perspective on the moral, ethical, and religious dimensions of education.

Given the issues related to cyber bullying, cyber ethics, growth in online teaching and learning, rise of social media, and the unfettered free speech found on the Internet, this elision has the effect of muting a much - needed emphasis on the ethical and moral dimensions of our work as teacher educators.

His research examines the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of emerging technologies, with a focus on policy, governance, and public engagement.

Advisory Committee head Hans Baldauf says «The Slow Food Movement provides an ethical and cultural dimension to the complex issues of sustainability that are on the forefront of the challenges that we are confronting as designers.»

More on Environmental Justice: Report: Global Warming Disproportionately Affects African Americans, Low - Income Communities Climate Justice Fast Begins - Hunger Strike Continues Through End of COP15 Conference We Must Engage the Ethical Dimension of Combatting Climate Change, Religious & Civil Society Groups Urge

Recognizing that climate change may be the most pressing challenge facing SIDS, the document outlines UNESCO's work on climate change in the following areas: climate science and knowledge; education; diversity and cultural heritage; and the social, human ethical and gender dimensions.

Despite this fact, the international media, at least in most developed countries, is utterly failing to report on the ethical and justice dimensions of issues that are so central to achieving a favorable outcome in Warsaw.

Currently there is no international database on how nations have taken equity and justice into account in setting national ghg reduction target or other wise responded to the ethical dimensions of climate change.

We republish this article with permission of the author because it contains a number of excellent points about the ethical dimensions of climate change particularly in regard to who should be understood to be responsible for the failure of the United States to take adequate action on climate change.

At a press conference on December 11, EDCC issued the following statement about the ethical dimensions of issues on the Copenhagen negotiating agenda and the failure of some nations to approach the Copenhagen negotiating agenda as an ethical issue.

Despite a thirty - five year debate on climate change, for the most part, governments, NGOs, organizations, and individuals are ignoring the ethical dimensions of climate change even though an increased focus on ethics and justice is needed to move the world to a global solution to this immense threat.

Climate Change: Ethical Dimension On Sustainable Development (Siwei Dai, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology) B. Section Two: Climate Change Policy And Law 1.

Conditions 2 — 4 give our definition of a policy - relevant tipping element an ethical dimension, which is inevitable because a focus on policy requires the inclusion of normative judgements.

For this reason, a key issue on the Warsaw agenda is the ethical dimensions of short - term ghg emissions targets and the need for high - emitting nations in particular to increase their commitments.

At a meeting of the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva in November, a group of experts gathered to discuss the military, legal and ethical dimensions of emerging weapons technologies.

The logo that has symbolized professional, ethical real estate for 45 years will take on a «new dimension» beginning in June.