Ethics of (radiological) protection of the environment.

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01466453241283931i" target="_blank" >10.1177/01466453241283931i</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ethics of (radiological) protection of the environment.

Original language description

Protection of the environment against the harmful effects of ionising radiation was mentionedin both ICRP Publication 26 (1977) and Publication 60 (1991), but it was at the time assumed that ‘ifman is adequately protected then other living things are also likely to be sufficiently protected.’ Adecade later, Publication 91 (2003) recognised that the ‘Impact of Ionising Radiation on Non-humanSpecies’ was an independent topic worthy of attention. It was in this publication that the ICRP firstexplicitly addressed ethical issues. It discussed the importance of different philosophical worldviewsregarding the environment, such as anthropocentrism and biocentrism, and identified someinternationally agreed upon ethical principles relevant for radiological protection of the environment,namely sustainable development, conservation, preservation, maintenance of biological diversity,environmental justice, and human dignity. These partly overlap with the core ethical values identifiedin Publication 138 (2018) on the ‘Ethical Foundations of the System of Radiological Protection’:beneficence/non-maleficence, prudence, justice, and dignity. The latter document does give a certainweight to environmental issues, but it does not clearly distinguish between questions of environmentalhealth (the effects of environmental factors on human health) and environmental integrity (the effectsof the same factors on non-human species and whole ecosystems). It is argued here that the ethics of(radiological) protection of the environment needs to be considered in its own right, even if it is notbeyond the scope of Publication 138.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Annals of the ICRP

ISBN

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ISSN

0146-6453

e-ISSN

1872-969X

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

56-61

Publisher name

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

Londýn

Event location

Vancouver (Kanada)

Event date

Nov 7, 2022

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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