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Emotions and Risky Technologies
Sabine . Ed(S): Roeser
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Description for Emotions and Risky Technologies
Paperback. By offering an original and challenging approach to the topic of risk and emotion, this book covers new territory. It focuses on risk and emotion from the perspective of moral philosophy and emphasizes that emotions are an important source of moral knowledge. Editor(s): Roeser, Sabine. Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
“Acceptable Risk” – On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is “acceptable risk”? That question is appropriate in a number of different contexts, political, social, ethical, and scienti c. Thus the question might be whether the voting public will support a risky proposal or project, whether people will buy or accept a risky product, whether it is morally permissible to pursue this or that potentially harmful venture, or whether it is wise or prudent to test or try out some possibly dangerous hypothesis or product. But complicating all of these queries, the “sand in the machinery” ... Read more
“Acceptable Risk” – On the Rationality (and Irrationality) of Emotional Evaluations of Risk What is “acceptable risk”? That question is appropriate in a number of different contexts, political, social, ethical, and scienti c. Thus the question might be whether the voting public will support a risky proposal or project, whether people will buy or accept a risky product, whether it is morally permissible to pursue this or that potentially harmful venture, or whether it is wise or prudent to test or try out some possibly dangerous hypothesis or product. But complicating all of these queries, the “sand in the machinery” ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Series
The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400732360
SKU
V9789400732360
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