Author: Judith Maureen GreenPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Risk, Rationality and Misfortune
Author: Judith Maureen GreenRational Responses to Risks
Author: Paul WeirichPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190089415
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
"A philosophical account of risk, such as this book provides, states what risk is, which attitudes to it are rational, and which acts affecting risks are rational. Attention to the nature of risk reveals two types of risk, first, a chance of a bad event, and, second, an act's risk in the sense of the volatility of its possible outcomes. The distinction is normatively significant because different general principles of rationality govern attitudes to these two types of risk. Rationality strictly regulates attitudes to the chance of a bad event and is more permissive about attitudes to an act's risk. Principles of rationality governing attitudes to risk also justify evaluating an act according to its expected utility given that the act's risk, if any, belongs to every possible outcome of the act. For a rational ideal agent, the expected utilities of the acts available in a decision problem explain the agent's preferences among the acts. Maximizing expected utility is just following preferences among the acts. This view takes an act's expected utility, not just as a feature of a representation of preferences among acts, but also as a factor in the explanation of preferences among acts. It takes account of an agent's attitudes to an act's risk without weakening the standard of expected-utility maximization. The view extends to evaluations of combination of acts, either simultaneous or in a sequence. Applications cover hedging, return-risk evaluation, professional advice, and government regulation"--
Risk And Misfortune
Author: Judith GreenPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000657205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
There has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertainties of late 20th- century life. Understanding accidents is the key to understanding the risk society, for accidents are both the paradigmatic challenge for risk technologies to predict the apparently unpredictable and the ultimate
Risk and Rationality
Author: Lara BuchakPublisher:
ISBN: 0199672164
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Lara Buchak sets out a new account of rational decision-making in the face of risk. She argues that the orthodox view (expected utility theory) is too narrow, and suggests an alternative, more permissive theory: one that allows individuals to pay attention to the worst-case or best-case scenario, and vindicates the ordinary decision-maker.
Risk and Misfortune
Author: Judith GreenPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781857285611
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
There has been a growing sociological interest in both risk and its management, and with how we cope with the uncertainties of late 20th century life. This study traces the emergence of the "accident" as a marginal misfortune in modernist thought.
RATIONAL RESPONSES TO RISKS
Author: WEIRICH.The Sociology of Health Promotion
Author: Robin BuntonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134818823
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Promotion of health has become a central feature of health policy at local, national and international levels, forming part of global health initiatives such as those endorsed by the World Health Organisation. The issues examined in The Sociology of Health Promotion include sociology of risk, the body, consumption, processes of surveillance and normalisation and considerations relating to race and gender in the implementation of health programmes. It will be invaluable reading for students, health promoters, public health doctors and academics.
The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune
Author: Scott TimckePublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529221765
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Luck greatly influences a person’s quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune. Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical insights with social theory to offer a much-needed political economy of life chances. Timcke advances new thought on the role luck plays in redistributive justice in 21st century capitalism.
Constructing Risk and Safety in Technological Practice
Author: Boel BernerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134450427
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Modern technological systems entail risks and uncertainties of hitherto unknown dimensions. This book discusses the construction of risk and safety within a variety of empirical contexts where technologies and their risk are debated and handled by individuals, groups or organizations. With contributions from leading scholars from Europe and the USA, it presents original theoretical discussions, linked to detailed empirical case studies.
The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader
Author: James CosgravePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136747672
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This reader contributes to the sociology of gambling, and offers a variety of sociological approaches, ranging from classical sociological analyses of gambling to contemporary sociological approaches to risk.