The precautionary principle is strongly debated as a policy for handling risk and safety
concerns. It is commonly claimed that the principle is paralyzing, unscientific and promotes a …

Certain ethical views hold that we should pay more attention, even exclusive attention, to the
worst-case scenario. Prominent examples include Rawls's Difference Principle and the …

Freshwater fisheries and biodiversity have substantial economic, socio-cultural, and
ecological value, but face severe and mounting anthropogenic threats. Canada's freshwater …

In the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden's response stood out as an
exception. For example, Sweden did not introduce any lockdowns, while many other …

The precautionary principle is often argued to be irrational because it cannot adequately
explain how resources should be distributed across multiple possible catastrophes or …

Our aim is to defend the Precautionary Principle (PP) against the main theoretical and
practical criticisms that it has raised by proposing a novel conception and a specific …

This paper aims to map the different theoretical options related to the Precautionary
Principle (PP). Great part of the literature on it can be systematized by answering to three …

A challenge faced by defenders of the precautionary principle is to clarify when the evidence
that a harmful event might occur suffices to regard this prospect as a real possibility …

Abstract The Precautionary Principle is typically construed as a conservative decision rule
aimed at preventing harm. But Martin Peterson (JME 33: 5–10, 2007; The ethics of …

Established across multiple sectors in a plethora of instruments interpreted in many legal
traditions, the Precautionary Principle (PP) takes a diversity of forms (Fisher 2002) …