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1Center for Bioethics and Humanities, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, United States.
Bioethics
|March 7, 2020
Summary
Environmental migration, driven by climate change, raises significant ethical concerns. Disparities in risk and contribution highlight issues of justice and responsibility for global environmental problems.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Climate Change Studies
- Ethics
Background:
- Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly recognized as drivers of human migration.
- Millions are projected to migrate due to environmental pressures, creating complex societal challenges.
- Existing research often overlooks the nuanced ethical dimensions of environmental migration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define and describe environmental migration, moving beyond simplistic categorizations.
- To articulate and analyze key ethical issues, specifically justice and responsibility, related to environmental migration.
- To explore the unequal distribution of risk and contribution to environmental problems.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of environmental migration and its ethical implications.
- Examination of justice and responsibility through the lens of structural injustice.
- Application of Iris Marion Young's framework to understand moral responsibility in environmental migration.
Main Results:
- Environmental migration risk is unequally distributed based on temporal, geographical, and social factors.
- Significant disparities exist in contributions to environmental problems, with a small percentage causing a large portion of emissions.
- These inequalities underscore profound issues of justice, as vulnerable populations often contribute least to the problem.
Conclusions:
- Environmental migration presents complex ethical challenges, particularly concerning justice and responsibility.
- Addressing these challenges requires understanding the structural nature of environmental injustice.
- Further inquiry into moral responsibility is crucial for developing equitable solutions to environmental migration.
Keywords:
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