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Format: 1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780520907393

Content: Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we can but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780520050631

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520050631

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

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Format: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-282-35523-6 , 9786612355233 , 0-520-90739-6

Content: Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate precisely the total risk to be faced. How, then, do people decide which risks to take and which to ignore? On what basis are certain dangers guarded against and others relegated to secondary status? This book explores how we decide what risks to take and which to ignore, both as individuals and as a culture.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- , I. Risks are Hidden -- , II. Risks are Selected -- , III. Scientists Disagree -- , IV. Assessment is Biased -- , V. The Center is Complacent -- , VI. The Border is Alarmed -- , VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- , VIII. America Is A Border Country -- , IX. The Dialogue is Political -- , Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- , Notes -- , Index , English

Language: English

DOI: 10.1525/9780520907393