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Conrad G. Brunk, Lawrence Haworth, Brenda Lee - Value Assumptions in Risk Assessment, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

Value Assumptions in Risk Assessment

A Case Study of the Alachlor Controversy

Av Conrad G. Brunk, Lawrence Haworth, Brenda Lee

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Beskrivning
Selected by Choice as one of the outstanding publications for 1991.Are risk debates disputes between those who accept the findings of science and those who do not? Between good and bad science? Or is it possible that opposing assessments of risk, by scientific experts as well as ordinary citizens, reflect and are guided by dominant values held by the assessors? The following analysis of one of these debates supports the latter view. In it we suggest what those dominant values are, how they work within a risk assessment, and some implications of reconceiving risk debates as primarily debates about values.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1995-09-30
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 310 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 166
  • Förlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
  • ISBN: 9780889202665
  • Utmärkelser: Commended for Outstanding Academic Title, Choice 1991 (United States)
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Lawrence Haworth is a professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; he also holds the title of Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Articles of his have appeared in Dialogue, Philosophy of Science, American Philosophical Quarterly, Ethics, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Harvard Business Review, American Institute of Planners Journal, Educational Theory, Leisure Studies, Environments, and Plan Canada, among others. He has contributed chapters to a number of books, including The Inner Citadel, The Possibility of Aesthetic Experience, Power, Poverty, and Urban Policy, Social Ethics, Urban Problems, and Concepts in Social and Political Philosophy. He is the author of Autonomy (1986), The Good City (1963), and Decadence and Objectivity (1977).

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"Any of us who have been involved in decision-making processes that involve risk assessment will immediately recognize the similarities between this example and our own experiences. It is very valuable to have this illuminating case study so thoroughly presented to us." -- John Jackson -- Alternatives, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1993

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