Philosophy and the precautionary principle : science, evidence, and environmental policy /

Scholars in philosophy, law, economics and other fields have widely debated how science, environmental precaution, and economic interests should be balanced in urgent contemporary problems, such as climate change. One controversial focus of these discussions is the precautionary principle, according...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steel, Daniel, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Precautionary principle > Philosophy.
Environmental sciences > Philosophy.
Environmental risk assessment.
Principe de précaution > Philosophie.
Sciences de l'environnement > Philosophie.
Environnement > Évaluation du risque.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Environmental sciences > Philosophy
Environmental risk assessment
Precautionary principle
Science > Philosophy
Philosophie
Umweltpolitik
Vorsorgeprinzip
Wissenschaftstheorie
Vorsorgeprinzip.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The precaution controversy
  • Answering the dilemma objection
  • The unity of the precautionary principle
  • The historical argument for precaution
  • Scientific uncertainty
  • Counting the future
  • Precautionary science and the value-free ideal
  • Values, precaution, and uncertainty factors
  • Concluding case studies.

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