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Author : Daniel Steel
Release : 2015
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 164/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle by : Daniel Steel
Download or read book Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle written by Daniel Steel. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science.
Author : Julian Morris
Release : 2000-09-19
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle by : Julian Morris
Download or read book Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle written by Julian Morris. This book was released on 2000-09-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle 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 debate on how to manage risk in the modern world. The editor, Julian Morris, is Director of the Environment and Technology Programme at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. He has written widely on issues relating to environmental protection and technological development. Up to date discussion of current issues and scientific controversies Challenges the claim that the 'precautionary principle' is an appropriate guide to public policy decisions
Author : Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 679/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Implementing the Precautionary Principle by : Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher
Download or read book Implementing the Precautionary Principle written by Elizabeth Charlotte Fisher. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This challenging book takes a broad and thought-provoking look at the precautionary principle and its implementation, or potential implementation, in a number of fields. In particular, the essays within the book explore the challenges faced by public decision-making processes when applying the precautionary principle, including its role in risk management and risk assessment. Frameworks for improved decision making are considered, followed by a detailed analysis of prospective applications of the precautionary principle in a number of emerging fields including: nanotechnology, climate change.
Author : Paul Harremoes
Release : 2013-10-11
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 786/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century by : Paul Harremoes
Download or read book The Precautionary Principle in the 20th Century written by Paul Harremoes. This book was released on 2013-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precautionary principle is widely seen as fundamental to successful policies for sustainability. It has been cited in international courts and trade disputes between the USA and the EU, and invoked in a growing range of political debates. Understanding what it can and cannot achieve is therefore crucial. This volume looks back over the last century to examine the role the principle played or could have played, in a range of major and avoidable public disasters. From detailed investigation of how each disaster unfolded, what the impacts were and what measures were adopted, the authors draw lessons and establish criteria that could help to minimise the health and environmental risks of future technological, economic and policy innovations. This is an informative resource for all those from lawyers and policy-makers, to researchers and students needing to understand or apply the principle.
Author : Indur M. Goklany
Release : 2001-10-25
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 858/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Precautionary Principle by : Indur M. Goklany
Download or read book Precautionary Principle written by Indur M. Goklany. This book was released on 2001-10-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "precautionary principle" -- the environmental version of the admonition first, do no harm -- is now enshrined in numerous international environmental agreements including treaties addressing global warming, biological diversity, and various pollutants. Some environmentalists have invoked this principle to justify policies to control, if not ban, any technology that cannot be proven to cause no harm. In this innovative book, Goklany shows that the current use of the precautionary principle to justify such policies is flawed and could be counterproductive because it ignores the possible calamities those very policies might simultaneously create or prolong. The precautionary principle, unfortunately, does not provide any method of resolving such dilemmas, which are commonplace in the field of environmental policy. To address that problem, Goklany develops a framework consistent with the precautionary principle to resolve such dilemmas. That framework ranks potential threats to the environment on the basis of their nature, magnitude, immediacy, uncertainty, persistence, and the extent to which they can be alleviated. Applying that framework to three contentious environmental policy issues facing humanity and the globe -- DDT, bioengineered crops, and global warming -- Goklany shows that some popular policy prescriptions, despite good intentions, are in fact likely to do more harm than good.
