Risk and Responsibility in Context

• Other Authors: Placani, Adriana (Editor), Broadhead, Stearns (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
• Subjects: Ethics & moral philosophy; Adriana Placani;climate risks;environmental harms;gene editing;imperfect proceduralism;indeterminate systems;luck egalitarianism;moral responsibility;parole;philosophy of risk;precaution;preventive detention;probabilistic reasoning;proof of facts;radioactive waste;resilience;responsible risking;risky technology;risk and coronavirus;risk and responsibility;risk management;Stearns Broadhead
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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 due to environmental crises, emerging technologies, legal developments, and new medical advances. Despite such interest, scholars are just now working out how to conceive of the links between risk and responsibility, the implications that risks may have to conceptions of responsibility (and vice versa), as well as how such theorizing might play out in applied cases. With contributions from leading scholars, this volume brings together new work examining the interplay between risk and responsibility, exploring its varied philosophical aspects and applications to contemporary issues in law, bioethics, technology, and environmental ethics. Risk and Responsibility in Context will be of interest to philosophers working in ethics, bioethics, philosophy of law, and philosophy of technology, as well as scholars and practitioners in law, health and science management, public policy, and environmental studies.