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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... involved in current risk decisions, but that existing models do not include them. In some decisions, attempts are made to disguise these characteristics of values and ethics with other labels such as “scientific” or “technical”. Values ...
... involved in current risk decisions, but that existing models do not include them. In some decisions, attempts are made to disguise these characteristics of values and ethics with other labels such as “scientific” or “technical”. Values ...
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... Involved in Verifying and Validating Risk Assessment Models Kristin Shrader-Frechette 22. The Stewardship Ethic — Resolving the Environmental Dilemma David W. Schnare Section IV: COMMENTARY 23. Introduction to the Commentary Section C ...
... Involved in Verifying and Validating Risk Assessment Models Kristin Shrader-Frechette 22. The Stewardship Ethic — Resolving the Environmental Dilemma David W. Schnare Section IV: COMMENTARY 23. Introduction to the Commentary Section C ...
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... involved. Often folks do not want to hear what the scientist has to say. Too many have a romantic idea of how nature should work — they envision Bambi, Flipper, Smokey the Bear, and a warm and fuzzy Walt Disney love-in. In nature just ...
... involved. Often folks do not want to hear what the scientist has to say. Too many have a romantic idea of how nature should work — they envision Bambi, Flipper, Smokey the Bear, and a warm and fuzzy Walt Disney love-in. In nature just ...
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... involved are PCBs , dioxins , furans , chlorinated pesticides , and a few others . If you actually look at the data of eagle populations in the Great Lakes it shows that the populations have been growing exponentially since the 1970s ...
... involved are PCBs , dioxins , furans , chlorinated pesticides , and a few others . If you actually look at the data of eagle populations in the Great Lakes it shows that the populations have been growing exponentially since the 1970s ...
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... Involved here are trade-offs in comparative risk assessment and balancing values. Some difficulties include different endpoints and different conclusions on the same set of data, all depending on our values. What you will find out when ...
... Involved here are trade-offs in comparative risk assessment and balancing values. Some difficulties include different endpoints and different conclusions on the same set of data, all depending on our values. What you will find out when ...
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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