Emotions and Risky Technologies

by Sabine Roeser

Book Overview

"Acceptable Risk" - On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is "acceptable risk"? That question is appropriate in a number of different contexts, political, social, ethical, and scienti c. Thus the question might be whether the voting public will support a risky proposal or project, whether people will buy or accept a risky product, whether it is morally permissible to pursue this or that potentially harmful venture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400732368
• ISBN13: 9789400732360
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"