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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... Values and Value Judgments in Ecological Health Assessments William Cooper 2. Strange Chemistry: Environmental Risk ... Moral Values in Risk Decisions James A. Nash 15. Values and Comparative Risk Assessment Christopher.
... Values and Value Judgments in Ecological Health Assessments William Cooper 2. Strange Chemistry: Environmental Risk ... Moral Values in Risk Decisions James A. Nash 15. Values and Comparative Risk Assessment Christopher.
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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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