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Risk, death, and well-being : the ethical foundations of fatality risk regulation /

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A wide range of governmental policies characteristic of the modern state seek to reduce individuals' fatality risks, risks that arise from air and water pollution, pathogens, food ingredients and contaminants, motor vehicles, infrastructure, radiation, workplace accidents, alcohol and recreatio...

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Main Author: Adler, Matthew D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Population-level bioethics series.
Subjects:
Welfare economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Risk assessment > Government policy.
Utilitarianism.
Consequentialism (Ethics)
Well-being > Moral and ethical aspects.
Conséquentialisme.
Économie du bien-être > Aspect moral.
Évaluation du risque > Politique gouvernementale.
Utilitarisme.
utilitarianism.
Ethics.
MEDICAL.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
Well-being
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A wide range of governmental policies characteristic of the modern state seek to reduce individuals' fatality risks, risks that arise from air and water pollution, pathogens, food ingredients and contaminants, motor vehicles, infrastructure, radiation, workplace accidents, alcohol and recreational drugs, firearms, consumer products, tobacco, natural disasters, and other sources. 'Risk, Death, and Well-Being' provides a rigorous treatment of the ethics of fatality risk regulation. It does so through the lens of welfare-consequentialism, specifically, lifetime welfarism, with a particular focus on utilitarianism and prioritarianism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197505984
0197505988