Acceptable Evidence

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Acceptable Evidence

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Part of Environmental Ethics And Science Policy Series series

Summary

In this contributed volume, issues of what counts as evidence of risk are discussed. The authors show that value judgements enter into expert and non-expert characterization of evidence of risk, but they deny that this means that no choice about risk management is better than another, and demonstrate the possibility and importance of objectively grounded risk assessment.

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Acceptable Evidence by Deborah G Mayo

Discussions of science and values in risk management have largely focused on how values enter into arguments about risks, that is, issues of acceptable risk. Instead this volume concentrates on how values enter into collecting, interpreting, communicating, and evaluating the evidence of risks, that is, issues of the acceptability of evidence of risk.

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ISBN 13 9780195089295
ISBN 10 0195089294
Title Acceptable Evidence
Author Deborah G Mayo
Series Environmental Ethics And Science Policy Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1994-05-19
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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