Ethics of Technological Risk

Sabine Roeser is an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology. She has published articles and edited books in the areas of moral philosophy, risk and emotion. Lotte Asveld currently works at the Dutch Institute for Technology Assessment, the Rathenau Institute in The Hague.

• Foreword Yvo de BoerAcknowledgementsPart I: Introduction1. The Ethics of Technological Risk: Introduction and Overview2. An Agenda for the Ethics of RiskPart II: Principles and Guidelines3. A Plea for a Rich Conception of Risks4. Requirements for the Social Acceptability of Risk Generating Technological Activities5. Clinical Equipoise and the Assessment of Acceptable Therapeutic Risk6. Acceptable Risk to Future Generations7. The Ethical Assessment of Unpredictable Risks in the Use of Genetically Engineered Livestock for Biomedical ResearchPart III: Methodological Considerations8. Ethics, Reasons, and Risk Analysis9. Incommensurability: The Failure to Compare Risks10. Welfare Judgments and RiskPart IV: Involving the Public11. Risk As Feeling: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk and Rationality12. The Relation between Cognition and Affect in Moral Judgments about Risks13. Risk and Public Imagination: Mediated Risk Perception as Imaginative Moral Judgment14. Trust and Criteria for Proof of Risk: The Case of Mobile Phone Technology in the NetherlandsPart V: Instruments for Democratization15. Risk-Management through National Ethics Councils?16. Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in Design Processes: Risks, Regulative Frameworks and Societal Division of LabourPart VI: Conclusion17. Governing Technological RisksAcronyms and Abbreviations References Index

'An excellent introduction into the field of the ethics of risks. Both philosophers interested in risks and risks analysts who would like to include moral considerations in their analyses will find the book informative.' - Science and Engineering Ethics 'A timely recognition of the growing need to address philosophical questions concerning technological risk, risk assessment processes and regulation ... It opens discussions, shows the potential of philosophical analysis and reports case studies that take the proposed agenda further.' - Theoria 'This book makes a significant contribution to the development of a new vision for science and society, a vision that sees society actively engaged in making decisions about the content and direction of technological development.' - Dr Richard Jennings, SGR Newsletter'This is a worthwhile book, which brings together an inspiring collection of philosophical discussions of risk and uncertainty whilst convincingly making the case for the importance of ethical consideration in risk management.' - Journal of Risk Research