Safety, risk acceptability, and morality

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-390

  MacPherson, James A E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk acceptability; Safety; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 49749153471     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9058-5     Document Type: Article

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