Risk: Philosophical Perspectives (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Lewens, Tim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Leading scholars explore what it means to make decisions which affect ourselves, our immediate families, entire generations or ecosystems. This collection explores the full range of philosophical implications of risk.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134100279
• Artikelnr.: 38266815

Autorenporträt

Tim Lewens is Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Organisms and Artifacts (2004) and Darwin (Routledge, 2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Risk and Philosophy 1. Risk and Ethics 2. Towards a
Non-Consequentialist Approach to Acceptable Risks 3. What is the Value of
Preventing a Fatality? 4. On Multi-Attribute Risk Analysis 5. Great
Expectations 6. Common Sense Precaution and Varieties of the Precautionary
Principle 7. Acting Under Risk 8. Towards a Political Philosophy of Risk:
Experts and Publics in Deliberative Democracy 9. Moral Heuristics and Risk
10. Risk and Terrorism 11. Risk, Harm, Interests, and Rights