How should we decide whether technological risks are morally acceptable or not? Bringing together authors from the fields of risk, philosophy, social sciences and psychology, this volume examines the underlying principles, methodological challenges, public involvement and instruments for democratization.
How should we decide whether technological risks are morally acceptable or not? Bringing together authors from the fields of risk, philosophy, social ...
This is the first edited collection to bring together classic pieces and new work by leading scholars of Thomas Reid. The contributors explore key elements of Reid's ideas about moral epistemology, moral emotions, moral agency and practical ethics.
This is the first edited collection to bring together classic pieces and new work by leading scholars of Thomas Reid. The contributors explore key ele...
Acceptable Risk On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is acceptable risk ? That question is appropriate in a number of different contexts, political, social, ethical, and scienti c. Thus the question might be whether the voting public will support a risky proposal or project, whether people will buy or accept a risky product, whether it is morally permissible to pursue this or that potentially harmful venture, or whether it is wise or prudent to test or try out some possibly dangerous hypothesis or product. But complicating all of these queries, the sand...
Acceptable Risk On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is acceptable risk ? That question is appropriate in a nu...
The author presents a new philosophical theory according to which we need intuitions and emotions in order to have objective moral knowledge, which is called affectual intuitionism. Affectual Intuitionism combines ethical intuitionism with a cognitive theory of emotions.
The author presents a new philosophical theory according to which we need intuitions and emotions in order to have objective moral knowledge, which is...
Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. But the topic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decision theory contribute to the analysis of risk? What does the human perception of risk mean for society? How should we judge whether a risk is morally acceptable or not? Over the last couple of decades questions like these have attracted interest from philosophers and other scholars into risk theory.
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Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, ps...
Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. This Springer Essentials version offers an overview of the in-depth handbook and highlights some of the main points covered in the Handbook of Risk Theory. The topic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decision theory contribute to the analysis of risk? What does the human perception of risk mean for society? How should we judge whether a risk is morally acceptable or not?...
Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psych...
Acceptable Risk On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is acceptable risk ? That question is appropriate in a number of different contexts, political, social, ethical, and scienti c. Thus the question might be whether the voting public will support a risky proposal or project, whether people will buy or accept a risky product, whether it is morally permissible to pursue this or that potentially harmful venture, or whether it is wise or prudent to test or try out some possibly dangerous hypothesis or product. But complicating all of these queries, the sand...
Acceptable Risk On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is acceptable risk ? That question is appropriate in a nu...
How should we decide whether technological risks are morally acceptable or not? Bringing together authors from the fields of risk, philosophy, social sciences and psychology, this volume examines the underlying principles, methodological challenges, public involvement and instruments for democratization.
How should we decide whether technological risks are morally acceptable or not? Bringing together authors from the fields of risk, philosophy, social ...
