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 conclusions for areas such as bio-,
information- and nuclear technology, and global environmental
policy in areas such as climate change. The author argues that,
while the price we pay for precaution must not be too high, we have
to be prepared to pay it in order to act ethically defensible. A
number of practical suggestions for precautionary regulation and
policy making are made on the basis of this, and some challenges to
basic ethical theory as well as consumerist societies, the global
political order and liberal democracy are identified.
Munthe s book is a well-argued contribution to the PP debate,
putting neglected justificatory and methodological questions at the
forefront. His many discussions of alternative accounts as well as
his drawing out the consequences of his own suggestion in practical
cases give the reader a thorough, holistic sense of what
justification of PP amounts to. /..../Munthe s main case, his
argumentation for the requirement of precaution as a moral norm, is
convincing and puts a strong pressure on too narrow alternative
suggestions on how it should be perceived and justified, and he
launches a plausible defence of its practical usability."
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