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Safety, Risk Acceptability, and Morality
| Title | Safety, Risk Acceptability, and Morality |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Macpherson, James A. E. |
| Journal | Science & Engineering Ethics |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 377-390 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISSN Number | 13533452 |
| Accession Number | 33898585 |
| Keywords | ENGINEERING , PROBABILITIES , PUBLIC , public safety , RISK , RISK assessment , safety , SUBJECTIVITY |
| Abstract | This article gives a conceptual analysis of safety and argues that previous analyses of safety in terms of risk acceptability fail because the notion of risk acceptability is more subjective than safety, as risk acceptability takes into account potential benefits in a way that safety does not. The paper further explores questions about the nature of safety in relation to the potential of a thing to cause harm, as well as in relation to the potential of someone being harmed. |
| Notes | Macpherson, James A. E. 1; Email Address: macpherson.10@osu.edu; Affiliation: 1: Philosophy Department, The Ohio State University, 350 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Source Info: Sep2008, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p377; Subject Term: SAFETY; Subject Term: RISK; Subject Term: RISK assessment; Subject Term: SUBJECTIVITY; Subject Term: PROBABILITIES; Author-Supplied Keyword: Risk acceptability; Author-Supplied Keyword: Safety; Author-Supplied Keyword: Subjectivity; Number of Pages: 14p; Document Type: Article |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11948-008-9058-5 |
| Short Title | Safety, Risk Acceptability, and Morality |
