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The Precautionary Principle
In Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen Friis, Stig Andur Pedersen & Vincent F. Hendricks (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 248–262 (2012)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: General Background Critical Debate Practical Implications.
precautionary principle precautionary principle involving normative distillation of more than a century of experience with unexpected consequences of new knowledges and technologies precautionary principle ‐ subject to a wide array of criticisms inherently normative character of precautionary principle rendering it intrinsically irrational variant of charge of irrationality ‐ resting in the particular orientation of normative presumption of precaution in favor of environment practical implications ‐ substantive significance of precautionary principle resting largely in the specific institutional frameworks
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