How Might Health Care Think About the Ethics of Human Extinction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15745581 |
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| Authors | Devin M Kellis (0000-0002-1520-0238, Medical University of South Carolina, corresponding author), Émile P Torres (0000-0003-4420-9159, Case Western Reserve University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | E549-558 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/amajethics.2025.549 |
| PMID | 40748273 |
| OpenAlex | W4412826667 |
| Language | EN |
Is there an important ethical difference between a global catastrophe that causes human extinction and one that does not? This commentary on a case introduces 3 approaches-equivalence, further-loss, and pro-extinctionist-in responding to this question. In particular, focus is placed on equivalence and further-loss views' implications for how clinicians, health professions, and health care organizations orient themselves ethically towards managing the risk of extinction
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Health care · Optics · Physics · Political science · Sociology · Engineering · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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