Risk and responsibility in a manufactured world

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-478

  Pellizzoni, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discovery and invention; Gene technologies; Neo liberalism; Responsibility; Risk; Science policy relationship; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MOTIVATION; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; RISK; SCIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY;

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; GOALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; POLICY; POLITICS; RISK; SCIENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955559373     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9173-y     Document Type: Article

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