| Titre : | Catastrophe : risk and response |
| Auteurs : | Richard A. Posner, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Ouvrages |
| Editeur : | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-19-530647-7 |
| Format : | 1 vol. (X-322 p.) |
| Note générale : | Bibliogr. p. 267-314 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] ENTREPRISE ET CONCURRENCE > gestion administrative > gestion > gestion de crise [Eurovoc] ENTREPRISE ET CONCURRENCE > gestion administrative > gestion > gestion du risque |
| Résumé : | Editor's description : 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. |
| Note de contenu : |
Introduction
1. What are the catastrophic risks, and how catastrophic are they? 2. Why so little is being done about the catastrophic risks 3. How to evaluate the catastrophic risks and the possible responses to them 4. How to reduce the catastrophic risks Conclusion |
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