Risk and morality / edited by Richard V. Ericson and Aaron Doyle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ericson, Richard V., 1948-2007.

Doyle, Aaron

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Green College thematic lecture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social ethics.

Risk--Moral and ethical aspects.

Risk.

Risk--Sociological aspects.

Physical Description:

vi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2003]

Contents:

1 Risk and Morality / Richard V. Ericson, Aaron Doyle 1

Part 1 Theorizing Risk and Morality 11

2 Risk and Dirt / Ian Hacking 22

3 The Rise of Risk / David Garland 48

4 Risk and Morality: Three Framing Devices / John Adams 87

Part 2 New Moralities of Risk and Responsibility 105

5 New Moralities of Risk and Political Responsibility / Violaine Roussel 117

6 Risk Management and the Responsible Organization / Michael Power 145

7 Risk and Moralization in Everyday Life / Alan Hunt 165

8 From Risk to Precaution: The Rationalities of Personal Crime Prevention / Kevin D. Haggerty 193

Part 3 The Moral Risks of Insurance 215

9 Moral Uncertainties: Contract Law and Distinctions between Speculation, Gambling, and Insurance / Pat O'Malley 231

10 Containing the Promise of Insurance: Adverse Selection and Risk Classification / Tom Baker 258

11 Insurers as Moral Actors / Carol A. Heimer 284

12 The Moral Risks of Private Justice: The Case of Insurance Fraud / Richard V. Ericson, Aaron Doyle 317

Part 4 Governing Risky Desires 365

13 Risking Rescue: High Altitude Rescue as Moral Risk and Moral Opportunity / Jonathan Simon 375

14 The Neurochemical Self and Its Anomalies / Nikolas Rose 407

15 Targeted Governance and the Problem of Desire / Mariana Valverde 438.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0802087604

0802085636

OCLC:

51581642