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02613aam a2200349 i 4500 001 C54027EC586511EA978CCE3397128E48 003 SILO 005 20200226010029 008 191125s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019049480 020 $a 0367193744 020 $a 9780367193744 035 $a (OCoLC)1128890347 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GE145 $b .S94 2020 100 1 $a Szentkiralyi, Levente, $e author. 245 14 $a The ethics of precaution : $b uncertain environmental health threats and duties of due care / $c Levente Szentkiralyi. 264 1 $a New York : $b Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, $c 2020. 300 $a xiii, 198 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "There are thousands of substances manufactured in the U.S., to which the public is routinely exposed and for which toxicity data is limited or absent. Some insist that uncertainty about the severity of potential harm justifies implementing precautionary regulations, while others claim that uncertainty justifies the absence of regulations until sufficient evidence confirms a strong probability of severe harm. In this book, Levente Szentkiralyi overcomes this impasse in his defense of precautionary environmental risk regulation by shifting the focus from how to manage uncertainty to what it is we owe each other morally. He argues that actions that create uncertain threats wrongfully gamble with the welfare of those who are exposed, and neglect the reciprocity that our equal moral standing demands. If we take the moral equality and rights of others seriously, we have a duty to exercise due care to strive to prevent putting them in possible harm's way. The Ethics of Precaution will be of great interest to researchers, educators, advanced students, and practitioners working in the fields of environmental political theory, ethics of risk, and environmental policy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Environmental risk assessment $z United States. 650 0 $a Health risk assessment $z United States. 650 0 $a Environmental risk assessment $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Health risk assessment $x Moral and ethical aspects. 650 0 $a Precautionary principle. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Szentkiralyi, Levente, $t The ethics of precaution $d New York : Routledge, 2020. $z 9780429244315 $w (DLC) 2019049481 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014602.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C54027EC586511EA978CCE3397128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search