From airport security to nuclear power and safety on trains to
public health scares, debates about risk are rarely out of the
headlines. How can we determine an acceptable level of risk? Should
these decisions be made by experts, or by the people they affect?
How should safety and security be balanced against other goods,
such as liberty?
This is the first collection to examine the philosophical
dimensions of these pressing practical problems. In this
outstanding volume, Tim Lewens gathers an impressive set of new
essays from leading scholars exploring the full range of
philosophical implications of risk, including:
- risk and ethics
- risk and rationality
- risk and scientific expertise
- risk and lay knowledge
- the objectivity of risk assessment
- risk and the precautionary principle
- risk and terror.
With contributions from Carl F. Cranor, Sven Ove Hansson,
MartinKusch, Tim Lewens, D.H. Mellor, Adam Morton, Stephen Perry,
Martin Peterson, Alan Ryan, Per Sandin, Cass R. Sunstein and
Jonathan Wolff; this collection is essential reading, not only for
philosophers and researchers in legal, economic and environmental
studies, but for those seeking to gain a better understanding of
the decisions we must make as concerned citizens.
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