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Catastrophe [[electronic resource] ] : risk and response / / Richard A. Posner



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Autore: Posner Richard A Visualizza persona
Titolo: Catastrophe [[electronic resource] ] : risk and response / / Richard A. Posner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Pres, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
Disciplina: 363.34
Soggetto topico: Emergency management
Disasters
Risk assessment
Technological innovations - Moral and ethical aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: What are catastrophic risks, and how catastrophic are they? -- Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks -- How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them -- How to reduce the catastrophic risks.
Sommario/riassunto: Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated. Collision with an asteroid, runaway global warming, voraciously replicating nanomachines, a pandemic of gene-spliced smallpox launched by bioterrorists, and a world-ending accident in a high-energy particle accelerator, are among the possible extinction events that are sufficiently likely to warrant careful study. How should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we find it hard to wrap our minds around? Posner argues that realism about science and scientists, innovative applications of cost-benefit analysis, a scientifically literate legal profession, unprecedented international cooperation, and a pragmatic attitude toward civil liberties are among the keys to coping effectively with the catastrophic risks.
Titolo autorizzato: Catastrophe  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-756244-2
0-19-988438-2
0-19-530647-3
1-280-42838-4
0-19-534639-4
1-60256-541-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450276603321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.