Name: Fostering Well-being as a UN Sustainable Development Goal
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Fostering Well-being as a UN Sustainable Development Goal

Edited By: Gerard Magill, James Benedict

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This collection of essays addresses pivotal problems about our planet’s environment. It highlights the inter-relation of topics, connecting well-being with health, bioengineering, and the natural and social environment, and concludes with an ethical analysis of these challenges.

This edited book is a collection of essays based on presentations at the 8th conference in an annual endowed series held at Duquesne University, USA.…

This edited book is a collection of essays based on presentations at the 8th conference in an annual endowed series held at Duquesne University, USA. The conference series addresses emerging concerns and pivotal problems about our planet’s environment and ecology. The contributions gathered here highlight the inter-relation of topics and expertise, connecting well-being as a UN sustainable development goal with health, bioengineering, and the natural and social environment. The book concludes with an ethical analysis of the multiple and over-lapping challenges that require urgent attention and long-term resolution.

The book is written for scholars and students in a variety of disciplines and fields that deal with sustainability.

Gerard Magill, PhD, was appointed the Vernon F. Gallagher Chair for the Integration of Science, Theology, Philosophy, and Law at Duquesne University, USA, in 2007, where he is a tenured Professor in the Center for Global Health Ethics. Also, he holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law at Duquesne University. He received his PhD from Edinburgh University, Scotland. He has published over 85 scholarly and professional articles. Also, he is the author, co-author or editor of 16 books, including works on healthcare ethics and on governance ethics.

James Benedict, PhD, is a Scholar-in-Residence in the Center for Global Health Ethics at Duquesne University, having received his PhD degree from this institution in 2015. He has published one book (on transplantation and consent) and has co-edited six books (in this annual conference series). Also, he has published numerous study guides, and several scholarly and popular articles on ethics and religion. He has served over 30 years in parish ministry in the Church of the Brethren.

Ahsan Al Alhindi, Sarah Bergfelt, Joseph Bertino, Elizabeth Braun, Samuel Danso, Adele DiNicola, Joachim Ezeora, Delaney Fiore, Caitlin Harvey, Gerard Magill, Natalie Martin, Claire McGowan, Ibironke Ogunleye, Ferdinand Okafor, Jordan Pater, Abigail Powell, Robert Price, Carla Richards, Francis Sarpong, Lorenzo Selvaggi, Myla Sroka, Mirabella Stump, Anna Vignali, Katie Willis, Kennethea Wilson, Anna Zabriskie, Anna Zuberi