Name: Resilience in Ecology and Health
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Resilience in Ecology and Health

Edited By: Gerard Magill, James Benedict

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A collection of essays on our planet’s environmental challenges. The contributions connect resilience with ecology, health, and biotechnology, concluding with an ethical analysis of overlapping problems that require urgent attention and long-term resolution.

This edited book is a collection of essays addressing emerging concerns and pivotal problems about our planet’s environment and ecology. The contributions gathered here highlight…

This edited book is a collection of essays addressing 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 resilience with ecology, health, biotechnology and generational challenges. 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 80 scholarly and professional articles. Also, he is the author, co-author or editor of 15 books, including works on healthcare ethics and on governance ethics.

James Benedict, PhD, is Scholar-in-Residence in the Center for Global Health Ethics at Duquesne University, USA, having received his PhD from the same institution in 2015. He has published one book, on transplantation and consent, and has co-edited four. He has also published numerous study guides and several scholarly and popular articles on ethics and religion.

James Benedict, Gerard Magill, Hailey Adamik, Gabriella Agostaro, Ercan Avci, Jennifer Bates, Lei’Asha Battle, Calli Cahill, Hannah Cawley, Meghan Chapple, Samuel Danso, Ian Doherty, Scott Dyer, Courtney Ferek, Andrew Harrington, Brianne Helfrich, Scott Helstad, Amanda Kolson, Ashley Mazur Williams, Alex Molinaro, Ferdinand Okafor, Robert Price, Francis Sarpong, Jennifer Schinke, John Sparber, James Swindal, Katelynn Walker