The precautionary principle is incoherent

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 595-601

  Peterson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Impossibility theorem; Precautionary principle; Rational choice

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MEDICINE; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; THEOREM PROVING;

IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RATIONAL CHOICE;

DECISION THEORY;

DECISION MAKING; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; FATALITY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745355693     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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