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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... precautions as well as from inaction . Finally , he offers an understanding of the uses and limits of cost - benefit analysis , especially when current generations are imposing risks on future generations . Throughout , Sunstein uses ...
... precautions against the worst cases often disregard the possibility that those very precautions can inflict losses and even create risks of their own . Risks , and bad worst cases , may be on all sides . Preemp- tive wars — designed to ...
Cass R. Sunstein. of those precautions . But often people , and nations , neglect worst- case scenarios because they are unduly attentive to the burdens imposed by precautions . It is important to look at both sides of the ledger . Risk ...
... precautions . Sensi- ble governments behave the same way , and many good 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 ...
... precaution- ary principles can be devised . In particular , I identify a Catastrophic Harm Precautionary Principle , designed to provide guidance for dealing with extremely serious risks . This principle emphasizes the need to attend to ...