Rational Responses to Risks

by Paul Weirich

Good decisions account for risks. For example, the risk of an accident while driving in the rain makes a reasonable driver decide to slow down. While risk is a large topic in theoretical disciplines such as economics and psychology, as well as in practical disciplines such as medicine and finance, philosophy has a unique contribution to make in developing a normative theory of risk that states what risk is, and to what extent our responses to it are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190089415
• ISBN13: 9780190089412
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"