Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and EthicsC. Richard Cothern This handbook describes the broad aspects of risk management involving scientific policy judgment, uncertainty analysis, perception considerations, statistical insights, and strategic thinking. This book presents all the important concepts to enable the reader to "see the big picture." This ability is extremely important - it allows the decision ma |
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... future environmental problems and decisions more complex and of a different character that those of the past? If so, then a new decision paradigm will be needed. Some have observed that the current environmental problems are ...
... future environmental problems and decisions more complex and of a different character that those of the past? If so, then a new decision paradigm will be needed. Some have observed that the current environmental problems are ...
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... and the public, we are making an important step in gaining their confidence, and I hope this can be done more in the future than it has been done in the past. The Editor C. Richard Cothern, Ph.D., is presently with the.
... and the public, we are making an important step in gaining their confidence, and I hope this can be done more in the future than it has been done in the past. The Editor C. Richard Cothern, Ph.D., is presently with the.
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... Future: Rediscovering the Role of Public Health in Environmental Decision Making Thomas A. Burke 8. Telling the Public the Facts — Victor Cohn or the Probable Facts — About Risks 9. The Urgent Need to Integrate Ethical Considerations ...
... Future: Rediscovering the Role of Public Health in Environmental Decision Making Thomas A. Burke 8. Telling the Public the Facts — Victor Cohn or the Probable Facts — About Risks 9. The Urgent Need to Integrate Ethical Considerations ...
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... C. Richard Cothern. Dedication To Ellen Grace , Hannah Elizabeth , and all future generations we pass on the torch of attention to the impact of values , perceptions , and ethics in life's decision making . SECTION I Introduction.
... C. Richard Cothern. Dedication To Ellen Grace , Hannah Elizabeth , and all future generations we pass on the torch of attention to the impact of values , perceptions , and ethics in life's decision making . SECTION I Introduction.
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... future generations or imposed on people today without their consent; beyond that, decisions that things were “safe enough” were more likely to come from white males who think we have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country ...
... future generations or imposed on people today without their consent; beyond that, decisions that things were “safe enough” were more likely to come from white males who think we have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country ...
Contents
Introduction to Issues in Environmental Risk Decision Making | |
Impact of Subjectivity on Objectivity | |
Rediscovering the Role of Public Health in Environmental Decision Making | |
Telling the Public the Facts or the Probable Facts About Risks | |
The Urgent Need to Integrate Ethical Considerations into Risk Assessment Procedures | |
Moral Values in Risk Decisions | |
Values and Comparative Risk Assessment | |
Combining Data on Value Judgments | |
Ethical Theory and the Demands of Sustainability | |
Value Judgments Involved in Verifying and Validating Risk Assessment Models | |
The Stewardship Ethic Resolving the Environmental Dilemma | |
Introduction to the Commentary Section | |
Origin and Development | |
Balancing Risks Costs and Benefits Fairly Across | |
Introduction to Quantitative Issues | |
Environmental Ethics and Human Values | |
Index | |
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Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions and Ethics C. Richard Cothern No preview available - 1995 |
Handbook for Environmental Risk Decision Making: Values, Perceptions, and Ethics C. Richard Cothern No preview available - 2019 |
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