The Resource Acceptable risks, Pascal James Imperato, Greg Mitchell
Acceptable risks, Pascal James Imperato, Greg Mitchell
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- Summary
- We all know life is full of risks, and having to choose between risks in nothing new; accepting risks has become second nature to us. So why do the media announce almost weekly the evidence of yet another hazard to our safety- and why do we bitterly debate legislation regarding it? Perhaps because as the public becomes more knowledgeable about the nature and effects of many risks, we are also learning how risks are being 'managed' for us. We are being asked not only to confront personal, voluntary risks, but also to decide which involuntary risks are acceptable- and what is voluntary for one person has a way of becoming imposed on another. Or what may seem an 'acceptable' risk standard to a group of government regulators may not be to the citizens to whom that agency is responsible. This book is a political, philosophical, and psychological examination of risks in our society: an investigation of how risks are defined and responded to on a personal, corporate, and governmental- even global- basis. At its core is the fact that today the public is often ambivalent toward risk, at least until it begins to affect us personally. As the authors discuss a range of issues and proceed from chosen risks to how the public is informed, misinformed, or uninformed about risks, we learn of the impact our inaction has on our lives and by understanding risk determination, how we have come to live in a world of risks that are considered respectable, acceptable risks. -- from Book Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 286 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Chosen risks
- The "informed" public
- Imposed risks
- Defining risks
- Government guardians
- Calculating risks
- The ultimate risk: the Greenhouse Effect
- What you can do about health risks
- Isbn
- 9780670102051
- Label
- Acceptable risks
- Title
- Acceptable risks
- Statement of responsibility
- Pascal James Imperato, Greg Mitchell
- Subject
-
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Economic aspects
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Health aspects
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Public opinion
- Cholesterol -- Health aspects
- Cholesterol -- Physiological aspects
- Cholesterol -- Public opinion
- Earthquake hazard analysis
- Earthquakes -- California
- Earthquakes -- Economic aspects
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects
- Earthquakes -- Public opinion
- Formaldehyde -- Health aspects
- Formaldehyde -- Toxicology
- Health
- Medicine, Preventive
- Oral contraceptives -- Health aspects
- Oral contraceptives -- Physiological aspects
- Oral contraceptives -- Public opinion
- Radiation preservation of food -- Health aspects
- Radiation preservation of food -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Radiation preservation of food -- Public opinion
- Risk-Taking
- Safety education
- Smoking -- Economic aspects
- Smoking -- Health aspects
- Smoking -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Smoking -- Psychological aspects
- Smoking -- Public opinion
- Toxic shock syndrome -- Health aspects
- Toxic shock syndrome -- Physiological aspects
- X-rays -- Health aspects
- X-rays -- Physiological aspects
- X-rays -- Public opinion
- Attitude to Health
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- We all know life is full of risks, and having to choose between risks in nothing new; accepting risks has become second nature to us. So why do the media announce almost weekly the evidence of yet another hazard to our safety- and why do we bitterly debate legislation regarding it? Perhaps because as the public becomes more knowledgeable about the nature and effects of many risks, we are also learning how risks are being 'managed' for us. We are being asked not only to confront personal, voluntary risks, but also to decide which involuntary risks are acceptable- and what is voluntary for one person has a way of becoming imposed on another. Or what may seem an 'acceptable' risk standard to a group of government regulators may not be to the citizens to whom that agency is responsible. This book is a political, philosophical, and psychological examination of risks in our society: an investigation of how risks are defined and responded to on a personal, corporate, and governmental- even global- basis. At its core is the fact that today the public is often ambivalent toward risk, at least until it begins to affect us personally. As the authors discuss a range of issues and proceed from chosen risks to how the public is informed, misinformed, or uninformed about risks, we learn of the impact our inaction has on our lives and by understanding risk determination, how we have come to live in a world of risks that are considered respectable, acceptable risks. -- from Book Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Imperato, Pascal James
- Dewey number
- 613
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA431
- LC item number
- .I46 1985
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- EE4215
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mitchell, Greg
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Medicine, Preventive
- Safety education
- Health
- Smoking
- Smoking
- Smoking
- Smoking
- Smoking
- Automobiles
- Automobiles
- Automobiles
- Earthquakes
- Earthquakes
- Earthquakes
- Earthquakes
- Earthquake hazard analysis
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol
- Radiation preservation of food
- Radiation preservation of food
- Radiation preservation of food
- Oral contraceptives
- Oral contraceptives
- Oral contraceptives
- X-rays
- X-rays
- X-rays
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Formaldehyde
- Formaldehyde
- Attitude to Health
- Risk-Taking
- Label
- Acceptable risks, Pascal James Imperato, Greg Mitchell
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages 252-276
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chosen risks -- The "informed" public -- Imposed risks -- Defining risks -- Government guardians -- Calculating risks -- The ultimate risk: the Greenhouse Effect -- What you can do about health risks
- Control code
- 10915087
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xix, 286 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670102051
- Lccn
- 83040634
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)708754
- Label
- Acceptable risks, Pascal James Imperato, Greg Mitchell
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: pages 252-276
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chosen risks -- The "informed" public -- Imposed risks -- Defining risks -- Government guardians -- Calculating risks -- The ultimate risk: the Greenhouse Effect -- What you can do about health risks
- Control code
- 10915087
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xix, 286 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670102051
- Lccn
- 83040634
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)708754
Subject
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Economic aspects
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Health aspects
- Automobiles -- Seat belts | Public opinion
- Cholesterol -- Health aspects
- Cholesterol -- Physiological aspects
- Cholesterol -- Public opinion
- Earthquake hazard analysis
- Earthquakes -- California
- Earthquakes -- Economic aspects
- Earthquakes -- Environmental aspects
- Earthquakes -- Public opinion
- Formaldehyde -- Health aspects
- Formaldehyde -- Toxicology
- Health
- Medicine, Preventive
- Oral contraceptives -- Health aspects
- Oral contraceptives -- Physiological aspects
- Oral contraceptives -- Public opinion
- Radiation preservation of food -- Health aspects
- Radiation preservation of food -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Radiation preservation of food -- Public opinion
- Risk-Taking
- Safety education
- Smoking -- Economic aspects
- Smoking -- Health aspects
- Smoking -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Smoking -- Psychological aspects
- Smoking -- Public opinion
- Toxic shock syndrome -- Health aspects
- Toxic shock syndrome -- Physiological aspects
- X-rays -- Health aspects
- X-rays -- Physiological aspects
- X-rays -- Public opinion
- Attitude to Health
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