The Philosophy of RiskThis book gives decision-makers a logical overall philosophy of risk that will enable them to make sound and consistently defensible decisions about the acceptability of risk. The authors examine a variety of activities - as diverse as major industrial projects and medicine, finance and sport, transport and manufacturing - to identify the factors common to all determinations of risk acceptability, and develop a hypothesis about the aspects of risk that are universally acceptable. |
Contents
Introduction 1233 + | 2 |
Bias | 11 |
Assessment of risk acceptability | 121 |
An overall risk philosophy | 143 |
161 | |
Appendices | 169 |
Glossary | 185 |
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