Worst-Case ScenariosHarvard University Press, 2009 M05 15 - 352 pages Nuclear bombs in suitcases, anthrax bacilli in ventilators, tsunamis and meteors, avian flu, scorchingly hot temperatures: nightmares that were once the plot of Hollywood movies are now frighteningly real possibilities. How can we steer a path between willful inaction and reckless overreaction? |
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... decisions about risks — in such diverse domains as national security and envi- ronmental policy — are made on the basis of a fairly simple inquiry into the relevant variables . People who have different conceptions of well - being , or ...
... decision to expose those people to those risks by saying that they prefer the way that they now live . These various points help to clarify the current ... decisions for those who will follow . But this principle does not Introduction 15.
... decision to discount , because the future is damaged if the present impoverishes itself . But for some problems , cost - benefit analysis with discounting can lead to severe violations of the Prin- ciple of Intergenerational Neutrality ...
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