The ethics of earthquake prediction

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 655-666

  Sol, Ayhan ^a   Turan, Halil ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Earthquake prediction; Ethics; Freedom; Responsibility; Rights view

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; ETHICS; HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 9444249353     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-004-0045-1     Document Type: Review

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