Precautionary Principle
In: Environmental policy and law: the journal for decision-makers, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 61
ISSN: 0378-777X
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In: Environmental policy and law: the journal for decision-makers, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 61
ISSN: 0378-777X
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In: EU Administrative Law, S. 716-748
In: Economic affairs: journal of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Band 16, Heft 1, S. 6-10
ISSN: 1468-0270
In: Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook, S. 966-976
In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 33-60
ISSN: 1467-9760
In: European access: the current awareness bulletin to the policies and activities of the European Communities, Heft 3, S. 11-12
ISSN: 0264-7362, 1362-458X
In: Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 11-20
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In: European journal of international law, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 445-462
ISSN: 0938-5428
In: International affairs, Band 71, Heft 3, S. 625-626
ISSN: 1468-2346
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Working paper
In: Risk analysis: an international journal, Band 26, Heft 3, S. 595-601
ISSN: 1539-6924
This article argues that no version of the precautionary principle can be reasonably applied to decisions that may lead to fatal outcomes. In support of this strong claim, a number of desiderata are proposed, which reasonable rules for rational decision making ought to satisfy. Thereafter, two impossibility theorems are proved, showing that no version of the precautionary principle can satisfy the proposed desiderata. These theorems are directly applicable to recent discussions of the precautionary principle in medicine, biotechnology, environmental management, and related fields. The impossibility theorems do not imply, however, that the precautionary principle is of no relevance at all in policy discussions. Even if it is not a reasonable rule for rational decision making, it is possible to interpret the precautionary principle in other ways, e.g., as an argumentative tool or as an epistemic principle favoring a reversed burden of proof.
In: DELHI JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY LAW VOL IV (2021)
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