Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle
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Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle

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Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle

About this book

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

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2000
Print ISBN
9780750646833
eBook ISBN
9780080516233
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Insurance
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Introduction
  6. Biographies
  7. Chapter 1: Defining the precautionary principle
  8. Chapter 2: Trial and error versus trial without error
  9. Chapter 3: The precautionary principle and our obligations to future generations
  10. Chapter 4: Precaution, GM crops and farmland birds
  11. Chapter 5: Genetically modified fear and the international regulation of biotechnology
  12. Chapter 6: Asteroid collisions and precautionary thinking
  13. Chapter 7: Child protection and the precautionary principle
  14. Chapter 8: Plastic panics: European risk regulation in the aftermath of BSE
  15. Chapter 9: The precautionary principle as a force for global political centralization: a case-study of the Kyoto Protocol
  16. Chapter 10: Applying the precautionary principle in a broader context
  17. Chapter 11: A Richter scale for risk?
  18. Chapter 12: Facts versus factions: the use and abuse of subjectivity in scientific research
  19. Index