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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... . A Tale of Two Protocols 71 3. Catastrophe 118 4. Irreversibility 176 5. Money 198 6. The Future 244 Conclusion 275 Notes 289 Acknowledgments 329 Index 331 WORST - CASE SCENARIOS INTRODUCTION How do human beings and.
Cass R. Sunstein. WORST - CASE SCENARIOS INTRODUCTION How do human beings and their governments approach worst-
Cass R. Sunstein. INTRODUCTION How do human beings and their governments approach worst- case scenarios ? Do they tend to neglect them or do they give them excessive weight ? Whatever we actually do , how should we deal with unlikely ...
... human beings face risks of different degrees of probability . It is a pervasive and damaging mistake to think that " safety " comes with an on - off switch . Worst cases everywhere In some contexts , people are acutely aware of the ...
... human beings have to evaluate them . Science may tell us what specific effects climate change is expected to have on human and animal life ; but only moral evaluation of those effects is needed to enable us to decide what , exactly ...