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One Health Ethics and the Ethics of Zoonoses: A Silent Call for Global Action
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: Received: 10 August 2024 / Approved: 12 August 2024 / Online: 12 August 2024 (12:48:46 CEST)
How to cite: Rodriguez, J. One Health Ethics and the Ethics of Zoonoses: A Silent Call for Global Action. Preprints 2024, 2024080817. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0817.v1 Rodriguez, J. One Health Ethics and the Ethics of Zoonoses: A Silent Call for Global Action. Preprints 2024, 2024080817. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202408.0817.v1
Abstract
This paper presents a critical review of key issues related to the emergence of new networks for the spread of zoonotic diseases amid the mass extinction of species. Zoonotic and infectious diseases account for approximately 70% of new and existing diseases affecting humans and animals. The initial section argues that the term "zoonoses" should not be confined to single-cause events within veterinary medicine. Instead, zoonoses should be viewed as complex, systemic phenomena shaped by interrelated factors, including environmental, sociocultural, and economic elements, influenced by anthropogenic climate change. The second section presents bioethical principles and potential strategies for those engaged in zoonotic disease prevention. The third section uses the slaughter of animals in disaster settings as a case study to illustrate the need for further clarification of normative and interspecies justice conflicts in One Health ethics. This section concludes with an outlook on "zoonoethics." Section four develops the analysis of the interlinked elements that trigger zoonoses and examines antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from an ethical and political standpoint, concluding with policy recommendations for addressing AMR. Section five offers a critical reflection, integrating contributions from zoonoethics, human ecology, and the ecotheological turn. Finally, section six concludes with a call to action and policy recommendations for an inclusive, intercultural, and gender-sensitive One Health approach.
Keywords
One-Health, zoonotic diseases, global bioethics, animal slaughter, zoonoethics.
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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