The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk
Since a couple of decades, the notion of a precautionary principle plays a central and increasingly influential role in international as well as national policy and regulation regarding the environment and the use of technology. Urging society to take action in the face of potential risks of human a...
Main Author: | Munthe, Christian (Author) |
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Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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Series: | The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology,
6 |
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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