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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... be sensed, so why worry? • The idea of zero discharge is based on the sanctity of the individual. • Forests and wetlands are preserved because of stewardship. • Nuclear power is avoided because of fear of catastrophe.
... be sensed, so why worry? • The idea of zero discharge is based on the sanctity of the individual. • Forests and wetlands are preserved because of stewardship. • Nuclear power is avoided because of fear of catastrophe.
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... individual rights. In population assessments, the fate of an individual is irrelevant. You might have noted recently in the New York Times the article in the science section on hormonal copycats ―
... individual rights. In population assessments, the fate of an individual is irrelevant. You might have noted recently in the New York Times the article in the science section on hormonal copycats ―
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... individual eagles are impacted . Again , one does not have to protect and / or value individual survivorship in order to protect and preserve the ecological resource . ― 50 100 1973 1974 1975 1976 150 250 300 MICHIGAN.
... individual eagles are impacted . Again , one does not have to protect and / or value individual survivorship in order to protect and preserve the ecological resource . ― 50 100 1973 1974 1975 1976 150 250 300 MICHIGAN.
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... individual in the wildlife population. The human health risk assessment model puts a value on an individual life; but in nature, the individual is expendable. The only thing of value in an ecological population model is the perpetuation ...
... individual in the wildlife population. The human health risk assessment model puts a value on an individual life; but in nature, the individual is expendable. The only thing of value in an ecological population model is the perpetuation ...
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... individuals and groups who not only encounter research results , but also then go about trying to make sense of those results . - Because of the degree to which this literature is a reaction against the notion that facts " speak for ...
... individuals and groups who not only encounter research results , but also then go about trying to make sense of those results . - Because of the degree to which this literature is a reaction against the notion that facts " speak for ...
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 |
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