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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... lives . Sunstein concludes that if we can avoid the twin dangers of overreaction and apathy , we will be able to ameliorate if not avoid future catastrophes , retaining our sanity as well as scarce resources that can be devoted to more ...
... lives as well ? Is a life twenty years hence worth a fraction of a life today ? I will argue in favor of a Principle of Intergenerational Neutrality — one that requires the citizens of every generation to be treated equally . This ...
... live healthier , longer , and better lives . I shall have something to say about what intergenerational neutrality ac- tually requires , and about the complex relationship between that important ideal and the disputed practice of ...
... live . These various points help to clarify the current debate over risk regulation in poor countries . Of course it is preposterous to say that the inhabitants of one nation are " worth less " than the inhabitants of another . But as ...
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