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Risk and Responsibility in Context book cover

1st Edition

Risk and Responsibility in Context

Edited By Adriana Placani, Stearns Broadhead Copyright 2024
288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume bridges contemporary philosophical conceptions of risk and responsibility and offers an extensive examination of the topic. It shows that risk and responsibility combine in ways that give rise to new philosophical questions and problems. Philosophical interest in the relationship between risk and responsibility continues to rise, due in no small part to environmental crises,... Read more

1. Risk, Responsibility, and their Relations Adriana Placani and Stearns Broadhead

Part 1: Conceptual Context

2. Responsibility beyond Control Ibo van de Poel and Martin Sand

3. Risk Mismanagement: The Illusion of Control in Indeterminate Systems Benjamin Hale and Kenneth Shockley

Part 2: Legal Context

4. Risk, Responsibility, and Pre-Trial Detention RA Duff

5. Risks of Incorrect Use of Probabilities in Court and What to Do about Them Anne Ruth Mackor

Part 3: Bioethical Context

6. The Failure of Luck Anti-Egalitarianism Sven Ove Hansson

7. Moral Responsibility and Public Health Risks: Examples from the Coronavirus Pandemic Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist

8. Responsible Risking, Forethought, and the Case of Human Gene Editing Madeleine Hayenhjelm

Part 4: Technological Context

9. Emotions, Risk, and Responsibility: Emotions, Values and Responsible Innovation of Risky Technologies Sabine Roeser and Steffen Steinert

10. Responsibility Gaps, Value Alignment, and Meaningful Human Control over Artificial Intelligence Sven Nyholm

11. Radioactive Waste and Responsibility towards Future Generations Céline Kermisch and Christophe Depaus

Part 5: Environmental Context

12. Resilience and Responsibilities: Normative Resilience for Responsibility Arrangements Neelke Doorn and Samantha Copeland

13. Individual Climate Risks at the Bounds of Rationality Avram Hiller

Biography

Adriana Placani is an appointed research fellow at the NOVA University of Lisbon’s Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA).

Stearns Broadhead is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Graz’s Institute of Philosophy, working on the Austrian Science Fund-financed research project Responsibility for Risks: Theory and Practice.

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