Regulating Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and the Law (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy Series) - Softcover

Cranor, Carl F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195113780 ISBN 13: 9780195113785

Verlag: Oxford University Press USA, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Cranor Carl F

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Críticas

will usefully introduce ... philosophically unsophisticated readers to some key normative and epistemological issues in environmental policy ... and will usefully introduce philosophical readers to both empirical and philosophical problems and issues in regulatory science". David Copp, University of California

The arguments it contains are important and original and should be heard (Judith Schwartzbaum, University of Tennessee)

Reseña del editor

In this paperback reprint of a book originally published in 1993, Carl Cranor argues that the scientific and statistical criteria usually used to determine whether substances are toxic are too rigorous and time-consuming for evidentiary purposes in tort cases and for regulation. This results in the underregulation of toxic substances and the undercompensation of plaintiffs in tort cases. Cranor proposes that the evidential standards now used should be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind. The choice of standards is, in effect, a choice between economic costs to society and health costs to individuals. Cranor argues persuasively that justice requires that priority be given to avoiding the latter.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0195113780
• ISBN 13: 9780195113785
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276