The Ethics of Risk: Ethical Analysis in an Uncertain World
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (974 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1137333642 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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An excellent contribution This is an excellent book.The author carefully and clearly distinguishes between the concept of risk (Boole's determinate probabilities or point estimates ) and uncertainty (Boole's indeterminate ,interval valued probabilities).There are a few minor errors in the book .Adam Smith ,and not Gossens,was the first economist to carefully discuss the difference between risk and uncertainty on pp. 106-113 of chapter 10 of Part I of the Wealth
When is it morally acceptable to expose others to risk? Most moral philosophers have had very little to say in answer to that question, but here is a moral philosopher who puts it at the centre of his investigations.