Risk and Responsibility

by Christina Chociolko and William Leiss

Book Overview

William Leiss and Christina Chociolko explain that controversies arise in part because many participants try to avoid assuming full responsibility for the consequences of the risk-taking they advocate. For example, one can indulge in the pleasure of nicotine addiction despite an awareness of the health risks and count on a publicly funded health care system to assume the responsibility for dealing with the resulting illnesses. They provide detailed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773511946
• ISBN13: 9780773511941
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"