Environmental Problems, Morals, and Incentives in Modern Societies
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In solving environmental problems we face a double problem: so far unknown dimensions of uncertainty, and at the same time lost possibilities of solution. The first aspect focuses on specific patterns of risk perception and the problem of an increasing lack of knowledge in terms of what we should know in order to make decisions. The second aspect focuses on what follows from basic features of modern society.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011