Averting catastrophe :: decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds /
The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes o...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most catastrophic outcomes? When should extreme measures be taken to prevent as much destruction as possible? 'Averting Catastrophe' explores how governments ought to make decisions in times of imminent disaster. Cass R. Sunstein argues that using the "maximin rule," which calls for choosing the approach that eliminates the worst of the worst-case scenarios, may be necessary when public officials lack important information, and when the worst-case scenario is too disastrous to contemplate. He underscores this argument by emphasizing the reality of "Knightian uncertainty," found in circumstances in which it is not possible to assign probabilities to various outcomes. Sunstein brings foundational issues in decision theory in close contact with real problems in regulation, law, and daily life, and considers other potential future risks. At once an approachable introduction to decision-theory and a provocative argument for how governments ought to handle risk, 'Averting Catastrophe' offers a definitive path forward in a world rife with uncertainty. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (167 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781479808496 1479808490 9781479808502 1479808504 |
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| spelling | Sunstein, Cass R., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89672963 Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / Cass R. Sunstein. New York : New York University Press, [2021] 1 online resource (167 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file rdaft Includes bibliographical references and index. What we don't know -- With and without numbers -- The maximin principle -- The precautionary principle -- Uncertainty -- Objections -- Irreversibility. The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full information, should decision-makers focus on avoiding the most catastrophic outcomes? When should extreme measures be taken to prevent as much destruction as possible? 'Averting Catastrophe' explores how governments ought to make decisions in times of imminent disaster. Cass R. Sunstein argues that using the "maximin rule," which calls for choosing the approach that eliminates the worst of the worst-case scenarios, may be necessary when public officials lack important information, and when the worst-case scenario is too disastrous to contemplate. He underscores this argument by emphasizing the reality of "Knightian uncertainty," found in circumstances in which it is not possible to assign probabilities to various outcomes. Sunstein brings foundational issues in decision theory in close contact with real problems in regulation, law, and daily life, and considers other potential future risks. At once an approachable introduction to decision-theory and a provocative argument for how governments ought to handle risk, 'Averting Catastrophe' offers a definitive path forward in a world rife with uncertainty. Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR platform, viewed January 17, 2024). Public administration Decision making. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108614 Crisis management in government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034123 Emergency management. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000441 Administration publique Gestion de crise. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Crisis management in government fast Emergency management fast Public administration Decision making fast . Cost-benefit analysis. Environment. Incommensurability. Irreversible losses. Knightian uncertainty. Losses. Maximin. Natural. Precautionary principle. Regulation. Regulations. Worst-case scenarios. climate change. danger. ignorance. loss aversion. losses. pandemics. risk aversion. risk. uncertainty. has work: Averting catastrophe (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFC3cJ3yJc3fRyryfdPfMd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Sunstein, Cass R. Averting catastrophe. New York : New York University Press, [2021] 9781479808489 (DLC) 2020049518 (OCoLC)1201180154 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBU FWS_PDA_EBU https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2654453 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Sunstein, Cass R. Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / What we don't know -- With and without numbers -- The maximin principle -- The precautionary principle -- Uncertainty -- Objections -- Irreversibility. Public administration Decision making. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108614 Crisis management in government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034123 Emergency management. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000441 Administration publique Gestion de crise. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Crisis management in government fast Emergency management fast Public administration Decision making fast |
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| title | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / |
| title_auth | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / |
| title_exact_search | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / |
| title_full | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / Cass R. Sunstein. |
| title_fullStr | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / Cass R. Sunstein. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Averting catastrophe : decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / Cass R. Sunstein. |
| title_short | Averting catastrophe : |
| title_sort | averting catastrophe decision theory for covid 19 climate change and potential disasters of all kinds |
| title_sub | decision theory for COVID-19, climate change, and potential disasters of all kinds / |
| topic | Public administration Decision making. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108614 Crisis management in government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034123 Emergency management. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000441 Administration publique Gestion de crise. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. bisacsh Crisis management in government fast Emergency management fast Public administration Decision making fast |
| topic_facet | Public administration Decision making. Crisis management in government. Emergency management. Administration publique Gestion de crise. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. Crisis management in government Emergency management Public administration Decision making |
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