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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor

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).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Jahrhundert: Antike
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415422840
ISBN-10: 0415422841
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lewens, Tim
Redaktion: Lewens, Tim
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Tim Lewens
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2007
Gewicht: 0,363 kg
Artikel-ID: 128391610

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