Regulating Toxic Substances
A Philosophy of Science and the Law
ISBN13: 9780195113785ISBN10: 0195113780
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272 pages
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Jul 1997,
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The proliferation of chemical substances in commerce poses scientific and philosophical problems. The scientific challenge is to develop data, methodologies, and techniques for identifying and assessing toxic substances before they cause harm to human beings and the environment. The philosophical problem is how much scientific information we should demand for this task consistent with other social goals we might have. In this book, Cranor utilizes material from ethics, philosophy of law, epidemiology, tort law, regulatory law, and risk assessment, to argue that the scientific evidential standards used in tort law and administrative law to control toxics ought to be evaluated with the purposes of the law in mind.Reviews
"Strong in its analysis of science, law, and philosophy, Cranor compellingly demonstrates that the amount of science required in public decisions about toxic substances is an important philosophical issue. This book should both help clarify the debate about toxic substance and restore ethical reasoning to its central place of importance in public discourse about the hazards of toxic substances."--Environmental Law Forum
Product Details
272 pages; 15 b/w illus.; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-511378-5ISBN10: 0-19-511378-0About the Author(s)
Carl F. Cranor, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences,, University of California, Riverside
