The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk

by Christian Munthe

Book Overview

Christian Munthe undertakes an innovative, in-depth philosophical analysis of what the idea of a precautionary principle is and should be about. A novel theory of the ethics of imposing risks is developed and used as a foundation for defending the idea of precaution in environmental and technological policy making against its critics, while at the same time avoiding a number of identified flaws. The theory is shown to have far-reaching practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400736185
• ISBN13: 9789400736184
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"