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This volume bridges contemporary philosophical conceptions of risk and responsibility and offers an extensive examination of the topic. It shows that risk and responsibility combine in ways that give rise to new philosophical questions and problems.
List of contents
1. Risk, Responsibility, and their Relations
Adriana Placani and Stearns Broadhead Part 1: Conceptual Context 2. Responsibility beyond Control
Ibo van de Poel and Martin Sand 3. Risk Mismanagement: The Illusion of Control in Indeterminate Systems
Benjamin Hale and Kenneth Shockley Part 2: Legal Context 4. Risk, Responsibility, and Pre-Trial Detention
RA Duff 5. Risks of Incorrect Use of Probabilities in Court and What to Do about Them
Anne Ruth Mackor Part 3: Bioethical Context 6. The Failure of Luck Anti-Egalitarianism
Sven Ove Hansson 7. Moral Responsibility and Public Health Risks: Examples from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist 8. Responsible Risking, Forethought, and the Case of Human Gene Editing
Madeleine Hayenhjelm Part 4: Technological Context 9. Emotions, Risk, and Responsibility: Emotions, Values and Responsible Innovation of Risky Technologies
Sabine Roeser and Steffen Steinert 10. Responsibility Gaps, Value Alignment, and Meaningful Human Control over Artificial Intelligence
Sven Nyholm 11. Radioactive Waste and Responsibility towards Future Generations
Céline Kermisch and Christophe Depaus Part 5: Environmental Context 12. Resilience and Responsibilities: Normative Resilience for Responsibility Arrangements
Neelke Doorn and Samantha Copeland 13. Individual Climate Risks at the Bounds of Rationality
Avram Hiller
About the author
Adriana Placani is an appointed research fellow at the NOVA University of Lisbon's Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA).
Stearns Broadhead is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Graz's Institute of Philosophy, working on the Austrian Science Fund-financed research project
Responsibility for Risks: Theory and Practice.
Summary
This volume bridges contemporary philosophical conceptions of risk and responsibility and offers an extensive examination of the topic. It shows that risk and responsibility combine in ways that give rise to new philosophical questions and problems.
