Philosophy and the precautionary principle : science, evidence, and environmental policy
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Philosophy and the precautionary principle : science, evidence, and environmental policy
Cambridge University Press, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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内容説明
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.
目次
- 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.
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