Precautionary Reasoning in Environmental and Public Health Policy

Dr. Resnik has been a Bioethicist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health since 2004. Dr. Resnik was an Associate and Full Professor of Medical Humanities at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University (ECU) from 1998-2004, and an Associate Director of the Bioethics Center at ECU and University Health Systems from 1998-2004.  Dr. Resnik was Assistant and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming (UW) from 1990-1998, and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics at UW from 1995-1998. Dr. Resnik has an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and J.D. from Concord University School of Law. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Davidson College.  Dr. Resnik has published over 300 articles and 9 books on various topics in philosophy and bioethics and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves onseveral editorial boards and is an Associate Editor of the journal Accountability in Research.  Dr. Resnik is also a Certified IRB Professional.

• Chapter 1. Precautionary Reasoning.- Chapter 2. Decision Theory.- Chapter 3. Moral Theory.- Chapter 4. The Precautionary Principle.- Chapter 5. Precautionary Reasoning and the Precautionary Principle.- Chapter 6. Chemical Regulation.- Chapter 7. Genetic Engineering.- Chapter 8. Dual Use Research in the Biomedical Sciences.- Chapter 9. Public Health Emergencies.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.