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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... program needs to be ethical to survive in the long term. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK DECISION MODELS The existing models for environmental risk assessment do not contain any explicit mention of values, value judgments, ethics, or perceptions ...
... program needs to be ethical to survive in the long term. ENVIRONMENTAL RISK DECISION MODELS The existing models for environmental risk assessment do not contain any explicit mention of values, value judgments, ethics, or perceptions ...
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... Program Arlington, Virginia P. J. (Bert) Hakkinen Senior Scientist, Toxicology and Risk Assessment Paper Product Development and Paper Technology Divisions The Procter & Gamble Company Cincinnati, Ohio John Hartung Office of Policy ...
... Program Arlington, Virginia P. J. (Bert) Hakkinen Senior Scientist, Toxicology and Risk Assessment Paper Product Development and Paper Technology Divisions The Procter & Gamble Company Cincinnati, Ohio John Hartung Office of Policy ...
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... University Washington, D.C. Kristin Shrader-Frechette Environmental Sciences and Policy Program and Department of Philosophy University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Table of Contents Section I: INTRODUCTION 1. Values and Value.
... University Washington, D.C. Kristin Shrader-Frechette Environmental Sciences and Policy Program and Department of Philosophy University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Table of Contents Section I: INTRODUCTION 1. Values and Value.
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... program. It seems only fair, accordingly, that I should also give you some advance warning of what my message is likely to be. My overall conclusion will be that, while science and technology have important contributions to offer to the ...
... program. It seems only fair, accordingly, that I should also give you some advance warning of what my message is likely to be. My overall conclusion will be that, while science and technology have important contributions to offer to the ...
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... program needs to be ethical to survive in the long term . This chapter includes sections on values , perceptions , and ethics followed by a discussion of how and where these enter in the environmental risk decision - making process ...
... program needs to be ethical to survive in the long term . This chapter includes sections on values , perceptions , and ethics followed by a discussion of how and where these enter in the environmental risk decision - making process ...
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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