American Bioethics and Climate Change

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This chapter argues that the discipline of bioethics has failed to make environmental health an object of ethical concern because it developed an anthropocentric theory that privileges human well-being over the environment. It situates this neglect as an abandonment of the appreciation that human well-being is deeply entwined with environmental health, which characterized the nascent discipline. The chapter traces the discipline’s historical evolution in America, pointing out events that influenced bioethicists to develop anthropocentric conceptual resources for the field. The chapter proceeds to demonstrate that bioethics theory is anthropocentric, emphasizing individualism, which renders the theory inadequate to address the ethical challenges of the impending climate crisis and is reason to revise it. The chapter then considers and rejects potential complementary theories that bioethics could incorporate to meet these challenges. Finally, the chapter concludes with a call for bioethicists to devote research to developing new conceptual resources that can help the discipline address the impending climate crisis and identifies some of the obstacles such theorizing will face.
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Authors Paul J. Cummins
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/9780197807262.003.0027
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https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197807262.003.0027
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