UID:
edocfu_9959232023502883
Format:
1 online resource (317 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-58744-0
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9786613899897
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0-08-051623-8
Content:
This book challenges the claim that the precautionary principle is an appropriate guide to public policy decision-making in the face of uncertainty.The precautionary principle is frequently invoked as a justification for regulating human activities. From bans on the use of growth hormones in cattle to restrictions on children's playground activities, precautionary thinking seems to be taking over our lives. As the contributors to this book show, such an approach is of dubious utility and may even be counterproductive. This is a timely and important contribution to the debat
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Front Cover; Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Introduction; Biographies; Chapter 1. Defining the precautionary principle; The development of the precautionary principle; Problems with the precautionary principle; The problem of knowledge and the dangers of technological determinism; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Trial and error versus trial without error; References; Chapter 3. The precautionary principle and our obligations to future generations; Introduction; The 'rights' of future generations
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Assessing our moral obligations to future generationsHow much richer will future generations be?; Bequeathing a just society; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. Precaution, GM crops and farmland birds; Introduction; Who counts the birds?; GM crops: the final blow for farmland birds?; Statistical correlation or cause and effect?; Declining farmland birds: 'So what?'; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Genetically modified fear and the international regulation; Introduction; The precautionary principle; Biotechnology and the United Nations; The unprincipled precautionary principle; Conclusion
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ReferencesChapter 6. Asteroid collisions and precautionary thinking; Introduction; Precautionary thinking about NEOs; The worst case scenario; NEO detection; The deflection dilemma; The problems with precautionary thinking about NEOs; References; Chapter 7. Child protection and the precautionary principle; Introduction; A The rhetoric and reality of children in danger; B Danger and development; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8. Plastic panics: European risk regulation in the aftermath of BSE; Introduction; Mad cows; Choking fears; Plastic panics; Are phthalates carcinogenic?
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Are phthalates gender benders?Applying the precautionary principle; Ever decreasing circles; Retreat from reason; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. The precautionary principle as a force for global political; Introduction; Kyoto's economic consequences: setting the stage for thestruggle; The Academic Literature; Economic studies by consulting firms, government, and tradeassociations; Bootleggers and Baptists in the glow of Kyoto; Post-Kyoto episodes; Trimming the budding permit market; Support of trading unions; Protecting the tradeable rights; Final thoughts; References
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Chapter 10. Applying the precautionary principle in a broader contextIntroduction; A framework for applying the precautionary principle undercompeting uncertainties; DDT; Global warming; Bioengineered crops; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chatper 11. A Richter scale for risk?; The scientific management of uncertainty versus the management of scientific uncertainty; A Richter scale for risk?; Virtual risk; Cultural filters; Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 12. Facts versus factions: the use and abuse of subjectivity in scientific research; Summary; Introduction
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The use of everyday subjectivity in research
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7506-4683-7
Language:
English
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