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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... responsibility . Despite these individual - level characteristics , however , a growing body of work 65,75,76,94,95 suggests that the organizational - level characteristics of technological institutions may be parts of the problem ...
... responsibility . Despite these individual - level characteristics , however , a growing body of work 65,75,76,94,95 suggests that the organizational - level characteristics of technological institutions may be parts of the problem ...
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... responsibility to select the path by which we decide to move forward . In recent years , the direction that has often been chosen , particularly by those who claim and may genuinely believe that they have the best interests of the ...
... responsibility to select the path by which we decide to move forward . In recent years , the direction that has often been chosen , particularly by those who claim and may genuinely believe that they have the best interests of the ...
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... responsibility. At least for those of us who care about the continued viability of the scientific enterprise, in short, the risks of recreancy may ultimately prove to be the greatest risks of all. ENDNOTES 10. National Law Journal ...
... responsibility. At least for those of us who care about the continued viability of the scientific enterprise, in short, the risks of recreancy may ultimately prove to be the greatest risks of all. ENDNOTES 10. National Law Journal ...
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... responsibility . We believe that these are good values , and that societies ( including our own ) should be evaluated according to the extent they promote such values . - Other values we consider important include: health, quality of life,
... responsibility . We believe that these are good values , and that societies ( including our own ) should be evaluated according to the extent they promote such values . - Other values we consider important include: health, quality of life,
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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