文档介绍：Handbook of Risk TheorySabine Roeser, Rafaela Hillerbrand, Per Sandin,Martin Peterson (Eds.)Handbookof Risk TheoryEpistemology, Decision Theory,Ethics, and Social Implications of RiskWith 85 Figures and 62 TablesEditorsSabine Roeser (Editor-in-Chief)Philosophy DepartmentFaculty of Technology, Policy and ManagementDelft University of herlandsandPhilosophy DepartmentUniversity of herlandsRafaela HillerbrandHuman Technology CenterRWTH Aachen UniversityAachenGermanyPer SandinDepartment of Plant Physiology and Forest icsSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSwedenMartin PetersonSection for Philosophy and EthicsEindhoven University of herlandsISBN 978-94-007-1432-8 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1433-5Print and electronic bundle under ISBN 978-94-007-1434-2DOI -94-007-1433-5Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New YorkLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2011941145?Springer SciencetBusiness Media . 2012No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, micro?lming, recording or otherwise, without written permission fromthe Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied speci?cally for the purpose of being entered andexecuted on puter system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the on acid-free paperSpringer is part of Springer SciencetBusiness Media (faceRisk has e one of the main topics in ?elds as diverse as engineering, medicine, andeconomics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists, and legal scholars. But thetopic of risk also leads to more fundamental questions such as: What is risk? What can decisiontheory contribute to the analysis of risk? What does the human perception of risk mean forsociety? Howshould we judge whether a risk is morally acceptable or not? Over the last coupleof decades, questions like these have attracted interest from philosophers and other scholarsinto risk handbook provides an o