The price of precaution and the ethics of risk

Since a couple of decades, the notion of a precautionary principle plays a central and increasingly influential role in international as well as national policy and regulation regarding the environment and the use of technology. Urging society to take action in the face of potential risks of human a...

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Main Author: Munthe, Christian
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2011.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2011]
Series:International library of ethics, law and technology ; v. 6.
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1 online resource (xi, 189 pages).
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Risk assessment.
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