Ladislav Rozenský

Charles University in Prague | CUNI · 1st. Faculty of Medicine

The Center for Bioethics of the Institute of Humanities in Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, organized its 29th symposium on ethical issues on September 10, 2024. The symposium, which serves as a friendly platform for the exchange of philosophical views, is traditionally organized by the head of the Center for Bioethics, Jan Pa...

Humanity is currently facing a number of global problems, such as global warming, air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, desertification or land degradation, which are apparently connected to the consequences of negative human activity. One of the possible and effective institutional tools for environmental protection is the environmental e...

We live in a world where human activities are changing the balance of nature every day. This situation also brings specific ethical challenges. The relationship between humans and biodiversity is not only a question of nature conservation, but also of deep moral reflection. Today there is no longer any dispute that human activities have an impact o...

We live in a time of global environmental crisis. There is a depletion of non-renewable nature resources and irreversible destruction of Earth's ecosystems. Philosophy fighting against them penetrate our consciousness and are part of our everyday. There is a conflict of anthropocentric and biocentric perception of the world, which was developed on...

Humanity is currently facing several global problems, such as global warming, air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, desertification, and land degradation, which are connected to the consequences of negative human activity. One of the possible and effective institutional tools for environmental protection is the environmental education of t...

Is it possible that educating women could be the key to reducing birth rates and protecting the environment? Women's education in 3rd countries is far more than just access to basic education. It is a pathway to economic growth, social stability and self-awareness. This essay reflects on the ethical challenges and benefits of educating women in are...

Buddhism, now a 2,500-year-old religion, very quickly became associated with the study of texts, of which it contained a considerable number. During the development of Buddhism on the territory of Czechoslovakia, since the days of Austria-Hungary, there have been attempts to find, translate, or write a fundamental book of Buddhism, which would help...

This text will deal with the issue of the benefit of biodiversity in the polemic context of the works of Czech and Central European philosophers and environmentalists with the essential ideas of selected world thinkers and with environmental practice in Central Europe. To validate this thesis, the authors of this work chose an essay dealing with pr...

Humanity is currently facing several global problems, such as global warming, air pollution, water pollution, deforestation, desertification and land degradation, which are connected to the consequences of negative human activity. One of the possible and effective institutional tools for environmental protection is the environmental education of th...

This article deals with the influence of military logistics on the environment in the districts of the Czech Republic. There were ten military districts on the territory of the Czech Republic, i.e., areas that served exclusively the needs of the defenseof the state. Currently, six of them areabolished. Other military districts, on the other hand, a...

Philosophy, Etics - The phenomenon of guilt

Vybrané sociální, právní a politické aspekty identity ekologicky smýšlejícího člověka a její filosofie Selected social, legal and political aspects of the identity of an ecologically minded person and her philosophy Abstrakt Žijeme v době všeobecně přijímané globální ekologické krize. Dochází k vyčerpávání neobnovitelných přírodních zdrojů a nevrat...

V současné době se naše civilizace potýká s celou řadou globálních problémů. Ať už jsou to problémy bezpečnostního rázu, jako terorismus a hrozba válek, nebo ekonomického rázu jako je chudoba. Závažným problémem, který je příčinou dalších navazujících problémů je zejména přelidnění, nebo problémy environmentální jako je sucho, ozonová díra, emise,...

The 2500-year-old teachings of the Buddha Dharma penetrated Europe during the nineteenth century. These teachings came to the Lands of the Czech Crown in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, and subsequently Czechoslovakia, mainly due to the Theosophical Society as Neobuddhism, which had an esoteric character. In 1891, Gustav Meyrink, a world-famous writ...

In a narrower sense, neuropsychology is a discipline that deals with the relationship between neuroscience and psychology. Here he mainly examines the connections between the central nervous system and the human psyche. This characteristic corresponds to the narrow interdisciplinary conception of this scientific field. However, in a deeper search o...

In a narrower sense, neuropsychology is a discipline that deals with the relationship between neuroscience and psychology. Here he mainly examines the connections between the central nervous system and the human psyche. This characteristic corresponds to the narrow interdisciplinary conception of this scientific field. However, in a deeper search o...

In the field of ecoethics, in addition to names such as Kohák, Vavroušek, Keller, and Librová, we are increasingly encountering the name of a Czech philosopher, Professor Josef Šmajs. In his works, Professor Šmajs presents an entirely new, original, and comprehensive view of human life on Earth and its ethics. His concept combines the humanities an...

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This work on the topic of education of officials of territorial self-governing units of the Czech Republic provides a brief overview of the current form of the topic, taking into account the specific design of education in practice. The area of education of officials and its differences at individual levels of public administration, as well as diff...

Consumption of renewable energy sources results in minimal production of greenhouse gases. However, the key issue of the environmentally efficient use of renewable energy sources remains a key question. The main aim of this article was to assess whether the production of energy from renewable energy sources is environmentally efficient in the regio...

How did the COVID pandemic affect the operation of the Prague 9 district institution? The aim is to analyse the management and budgeting of the Prague 9 district in 2020, with a comparison with 2019, and to define proposals in this area. It is interesting to follow almost 160 updates and budget changes in 2020: The COVID virus pandemic affected the...

Institutional and economic instruments of environmental protection are an important part of national environmental policy. They work together in close synergy. Institutional instruments also form the legal framework for other environmental protection instruments. An important place among them is education of inhabitants in the environmental field....

Public administration ethics is part of professional ethics. The Administrative Procedure Code directly defines public administration as a service to the public. Everyone who performs the tasks arising from the competence of the administrative body has to be polite to the persons concerned and, if possible, to accommodate their needs. This also est...

Recently, in the field of ecoethics, in addition to names such as Kohák, Vavroušek, Keller, and Librová, we are increasingly encountering the name of the Czech philosopher Professor Josef Šmajs. In his works, Professor Šmajs brings an entirely new, original, and comprehensive view of human life on Earth and its ethics. His concept combines the huma...

This study proposed action scenarios for urban solid waste management in six municipalities in the Corumbataí River Basin. The operating scenarios were designed for organic waste treatment and for the shared disposal of urban solid waste. Six municipalities were studied, five of which had less than 30,000 inhabitants (Analândia, Charqueada, Corumba...

The analysis of waste management practices is a multidimensional challenge faced by authorities, especially in developing countries, where actions are needed to reduce, reuse and increase recycling. Performance indicators are often used to assess the quality of municipal solid waste management systems. However, some studies suggest that different r...

Solutions related to improving waste management practices are sought by city managers worldwide. This study proposed action scenarios for urban solid waste management in six municipalities in the Corumbataí River Basin. The operating scenarios were designed for organic waste treatment and for the shared disposal of urban solid waste. Six municipali...

In the Census, 6 817 people claimed Buddhism in 2001 and 6 101 in 2011. The aim of this text is to show, when and how Buddhism appeared in the Czech Lands in The AustroHungarian monarchy, as well as influenced by world-famous personalities, with mostly influence of German language area. Period texts and letters have been rediscovered to illustrate...

The consumption of renewable energy sources results in the minimal production of greenhouse gases. However, the issue of environmentally efficient use of renewable energy sources remains a key concern. The primary aim of this article was to assess whether the energy production from renewable energy sources was environmentally efficient in four sele...

Anaerobic digestion processes with biogas production are widely used for organic waste treatment withan emphasis on energy recovery. Some recent studies have demonstrated the influence ofmagnetism on microbiological activity.These indicateapossible influence on the efficiency of anaerobic digestion. Thus, technologies that act in anaerobic digestio...

Anaerobic digestion processes with biogas production are widely used for organic waste treatment with an emphasis on energy recovery. Some recent studies have demonstrated the influence of magnetism on microbiological activity. These indicate a possible influence on the efficiency of anaerobic digestion. Thus, technologies that act in anaerobic dig...

The Emission Trading Scheme is one of the economic instruments of environmental policy and it is used to achieve the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Emission Trading Scheme is a common instrument of the European Union, which is mandatory for all member countries. The aim of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of the greenhouse...

A carbon tax is one of economic policy instruments of environmental protection supposed to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A functional carbon tax aims at incorporating costs for elimination of environmental harm into the pricing decisions. In terms of global climate change, the carbon tax is usually imposed on the pr...

With the theme EU ETS, far beyond the economic and environmental spheres, social and ethical specificities are linked. In addressing the problem of reducing greenhouse gas production, we encounter the problem of negative externalities, which in this case is associated with ethical issues of greenhouse gas emissions by issuers, towards residents who...

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is one of the economic instruments of environmental policy. The goal of this instrument is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Emission allowances are a common instrument of the European Union, which is mandatory for all member countries. However, the key issue is the environmental effectiveness of this measure. T...

An effective, well-established process of knowledge sharing between current employees and former employees plays an important role in today's highly competitive environment, supporting innovation of the companies. The aim of this article is to evaluate whether forestry companies are focusing on innovation, knowledge continuity for retaining employe...

This paper is focused on using the concept of carbon tax in the European countries with detailed overview of CO2 tax proposals the Czech Republic. The introductory section presents fundamental scientific studies, and current scientific articles dealing with the issue of environmental and carbon taxation. The methodology of the paper is focused on t...

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