Risk and Responsibility: A Complex and Evolving Relationship

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Kermisch, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultural theory; Models of risk; Responsibility; Risk; Virtue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CULTURE; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84856733945     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-010-9246-y     Document Type: Article

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