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• Title: Reconstructing Precaution, Deconstructing Misconceptions (Essay)
• Author : Ethics & International Affairs
• Release Date : January 01, 2007
• Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 293 KB

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Myriad articles have been written about the precautionary principle; some commentators have tried to clarify its content, others have praised the principle, and still others have decried it and eventually advocated for its repeal or nonadoption. The debate continues. The purpose of this contribution is twofold: it aims to reconstruct a desirable version of the precautionary principle by identifying its constitutive elements, and to deconstruct the most notable critiques of the principle by explaining the misconceptions upon which these criticisms rest. The discussion that follows warrants a brief introduction of the principle. In its basic version, the principle holds that scientific uncertainty should not be used to postpone (regulatory) action. While this may appear trivial, in practice it is not. In fact, one problem of environmental decision-making in times of continuously evolving technologies is that uncertainty over the potential hazards of new technologies can easily be used as arguments against regulation. This is all the more true in situations where governments endorse deregulation as the preferred or default regulatory philosophy; in such circumstances, proponents of regulation bear the burden of providing clear grounds of justification.

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