Risk and Morality / / ed. by Aaron Doyle, Diana Ericson.
Risk and Morality examines how decisions about risk and uncertainty relate to moral principles and ethical conduct. Editors Richard Ericson and Aaron Doyle have brought together in this volume a selection of original essays on the topic by renowned scholars in the disciplines of philosophy, sociolog...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Green College Thematic Lecture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Risk and Morality
- PART ONE. Theories of Risk and Morality
- Introduction
- 2. Risk and Dirt
- 3. The Rise of Risk
- 4. Risk and Morality: Three Framing Devices
- PART TWO. New Moralities of Risk and Responsibility
- Introduction
- 5. New Moralities of Risk and Political Responsibility
- 6. Risk Management and the Responsible Organization
- 7. Risk and Moralization in Everyday Life
- 8. From Risk to Precaution: The Rationalities of Personal Crime Prevention
- PART THREE. The Moral Risks of Insurance
- Introduction
- 9. Moral Uncertainties: Contract Law and Distinctions between Speculation, Gambling, and Insurance
- 10. Containing the Promise of Insurance: Adverse Selection and Risk Classification
- 11. Insurers as Moral Actors
- 12. The Moral Risks of Private Justice: The Case of Insurance Fraud
- PART FOUR. Governing Risky Desires
- Introduction
- 13. Risking Rescue: High Altitude Rescue as Moral Risk and Moral Opportunity
- 14. The Neurochemical Self and Its Anomalies
- 15. Targeted Governance and the Problem of Desire
- Contributors