The link between justice and climate change is becoming increasingly prominent in public debates on climate policy. This clear and concise philosophical introduction to climate justice addresses the hot topic of climate change as a moral challenge. Using engaging everyday examples the authors address the core arguments by providing a comprehensive and balanced overview of this heated debate, enabling students and practitioners to think critically about the subject area and to promote discussion on questions such as: Why do anything in the face of climate change? How much do we owe our descendants - a better world, or nothing at all? How should we distribute the burden of climate action between industrialized and developing countries? Should I adopt a green lifestyle even if no one else makes an effort? Which means of reducing emissions are permissible? Should we put hope in technological solutions? Should we re-design democratic institutions for more effective climate policy? With chapter summaries, illustrative examples and suggestions for further reading, this book is an ideal introduction for students in political philosophy, applied ethics and environmental ethics, as well as for practitioners working on one of the most urgent issues of our time.

The link between justice and climate change is becoming increasingly prominent in public debates on climate policy. This clear and concise philosophical introduction to climate justice addresses the hot topic of climate change as a moral challenge. Using engaging everyday examples the authors address the core arguments by providing a comprehensive and balanced overview of this heated debate, enabling students and practitioners to think critically about the subject area and to promote discussion on questions such as: Why do anything in the face of climate change? How much do we owe our descendants - a better world, or nothing at all? How should we distribute the burden of climate action between industrialized and developing countries? Should I adopt a green lifestyle even if no one else makes an effort? Which means of reducing emissions are permissible? Should we put hope in technological solutions? Should we re-design democratic institutions for more effective climate policy? With chapter summaries, illustrative examples and suggestions for further reading, this book is an ideal introduction for students in political philosophy, applied ethics and environmental ethics, as well as for practitioners working on one of the most urgent issues of our time.

Consequentialism is a focal point of discussion and a driving force behind important developments in moral philosophy. Recently, the debate has shifted in focus and in style. By seeking to consequentialize rival moral theories, in particular those with agent-relative characteristics, and by framing accounts in terms of reasons rather than in terms of value, an emerging new wave consequentialism has presented - at much higher levels of abstraction - theories which proved extremely flexible and powerful in meeting long-standing and influential objections. This volume of new essays on new wave consequentialism initiates and stimulates novel lines of discussions among proponents and their critics. The contributions explore new directions in new wave consequentialism and present refined conceptual frameworks (in Part I), raise challenging fundamental problems for these frameworks and the new wave's theoretical basis (in Part II), and give a balanced assessment of the new wave's limits and achievements in specific contexts of commonsense moral practice (in Part III). The volume will be of interest to all readers in ethical and moral theory.

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 2,3, Hochschule Osnabruck, 42 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Krankenhauslandschaft befindet sich seit dem Gesundheitsreformgesetz aus dem Jahr 2000 in einem standigen Umbruch. Die Zielsetzung der Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland ist es, neben stabilen Beitragssatzen der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung, eine Senkung der Ausgaben fur Gesundheitsleistungen zu erreichen. Dieses soll u.a. durch einen erhohten Wettbewerb im Gesundheitssektor moglich werden. Dabei steht der Bereich der stationaren Behandlungen im Vordergrund, da dieser den grossten Ausgabenblock der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung darstellt. Mit der Gesundheitsreform wurde die Abschaffung des Selbstkostendeckungsprinzips beschlossen. Es wurde durch ein fur Deutschland neues durchgangiges, leistungsorientiertes und pauschalierendes Abrechnungssystems, den Diagnosis Related Groups (im weiteren Verlauf DRG's genannt) ersetzt. In diesem System erhalten die Leistungserbringer eine feste Vergutung je Krankheitsfall, unabhangig von den im einzelnen Krankenhaus entstandenen Kosten. Diese DRG's gelten fur die allgemeinen voll- und teilstationaren Leistungen eines Krankenhauses. Die Bewertungsrelationen fur die einzelnen DRG's sind im Fallpauschalenkatalog festgelegt, der fur die Abrechnung aller stationaren Leistungen verbindlich ist. Fur die Krankenhauser entstehen somit neue Grundlagen fur die Ermittlung ihres Gesamtbudgets. Die Kalkulation von Kosten erhalt eine grosse Bedeutung. Jede einzelne DRG als Kostentrager bildet die Basis fur die Beschaffung von Kosteninformationen. Ziel des Krankenhauses muss es sein, qualitativ hochwertige Leistungen mit einem wirtschaftlichen und sparsamen Ressourceneinsatz zu erbringen. Dabei spielt die Steigerung der Effektivitat und Effizienz der Leistungen eine entscheidende Roll