Risk and Responsibility in Context: (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)

This volume bridges contemporary philosophical conceptions of risk and responsibility and offers an extensive examination of the topic. It shows that risk and responsibility combine in ways that give rise to new philosophical questions and problems. Philosophical interest in the relationship between risk and responsibility continues to rise, due in no small part to environmental crises, emerging technologies, legal developments, and new medical advances. Despite such interest, scholars are still working out how to conceive of the links between risk and responsibility, the implications that risks may have to conceptions of responsibility (and vice versa), as well as how such theorizing might play out in applied cases. With contributions from leading scholars, this volume brings together new work examining the interplay between risk and responsibility, exploring its varied philosophical aspects and applications to contemporary issues in law, bioethics, technology, and environmental ethics. Risk and Responsibility in Context will be of interest to philosophers working in ethics, bioethics, philosophy of law, and philosophy of technology, as well as scholars and practitioners in law, health and science management, public policy, and environmental studies. The Open Access version of this book is available at www.taylorfrancis.com. This publication is licensed, unless otherwise indicated, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate any modifications. Use for commercial purposes is not permitted.

Table of Contents:
1. Risk, Responsibility, and their Relations Adriana Placani and Stearns Broadhead Part 1: Conceptual Context 2. Responsibility beyond Control Ibo van de Poel and Martin Sand 3. Risk Mismanagement: The Illusion of Control in Indeterminate Systems Benjamin Hale and Kenneth Shockley Part 2: Legal Context 4. Risk, Responsibility, and Pre-Trial Detention RA Duff 5. Risks of Incorrect Use of Probabilities in Court and What to Do about Them Anne Ruth Mackor Part 3: Bioethical Context 6. The Failure of Luck Anti-Egalitarianism Sven Ove Hansson 7. Moral Responsibility and Public Health Risks: Examples from the Coronavirus Pandemic Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist 8. Responsible Risking, Forethought, and the Case of Human Gene Editing Madeleine Hayenhjelm Part 4: Technological Context 9. Emotions, Risk, and Responsibility: Emotions, Values and Responsible Innovation of Risky Technologies Sabine Roeser and Steffen Steinert 10. Responsibility Gaps, Value Alignment, and Meaningful Human Control over Artificial Intelligence Sven Nyholm 11. Radioactive Waste and Responsibility towards Future Generations Céline Kermisch and Christophe Depaus Part 5: Environmental Context 12. Resilience and Responsibilities: Normative Resilience for Responsibility Arrangements Neelke Doorn and Samantha Copeland 13. Individual Climate Risks at the Bounds of Rationality Avram Hiller

About the Author :
Adriana Placani is an appointed research fellow at the NOVA University of Lisbon’s Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA). Stearns Broadhead is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Graz’s Institute of Philosophy, working on the Austrian Science Fund-financed research project Responsibility for Risks: Theory and Practice.