Philosophy and the Precautionary Principle

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Scholars in philosophy, law, economics and other fields have widely debated how science, environmental precaution, and economic interests should be balanced in urgent contemporary problems, such as climate change. One controversial focus of these discussions is the precautionary principle, according to which scientific uncertainty should not be a reason for delay in the face of serious threats to the environment or health. While the precautionary principle has been very influential, no generally accepted definition of it exists and critics charge that it is incoherent or hopelessly vague. This book presents and defends an interpretation of the precautionary principle from the perspective of philosophy of science, looking particularly at how it connects to decisions, scientific procedures, and evidence. Through careful analysis of numerous case studies, it shows how this interpretation leads to important insights on scientific uncertainty, intergenerational justice, and the relationship between values and policy-relevant science.

Über den Autor

Daniel Steel is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the author of Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (2008) and the co-editor (with Francesco Guala) of The Philosophy of Social Science Reader (2011).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The precaution controversy; 2. Answering the dilemma objection; 3. The unity of the precautionary principle; 4. The historical argument for precaution; 5. Scientific uncertainty; 6. Counting the future; 7. Precautionary science and the value-free ideal; 8. Values, precaution, and uncertainty factors; 9. Concluding case studies.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781107435094
ISBN-10:	1107435099
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Steel, Daniel
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Daniel Steel
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,402 kg