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      Risk Analysis and Scientific Method: Methodological and Ethical Problems with Evaluating Societal Hazards

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      Much of the work in this volume was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant SES82-05112 from the Program in History and Philosophy of Science and the Division of…

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      Nuclear Power and Public Policy: The Social and Ethical Problems of Fission Technology

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      On the other hand, books and reports written by nuclear proponents, often Under government contract, almost always ignore the social and ethical aspects of energy decision-making;

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      Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      As a philosopher of science seeking the middle path between uncritical acceptance and extremist rejection of the economic methods used in policy analysis, I have tried to avoid the charge…

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      Science Policy, Ethics, and Economic Methodology: Some Problems of Technology Assessment and Environmental-Impact Analysis

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      As a philosopher of science seeking the middle path between uncritical acceptance and extremist rejection of the economic methods used in policy analysis, I have tried to avoid the charge…

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      Policy for Land: Law and Ethics

      Lynton Keith Caldwell,Kristin Shrader-Frechette,Kristin Shrader-Frechette

      Because of economic, environmental and political abuses, we are not using our land and natural resources in the most ecologically enlightened ways. This book outlines a new national policy for…

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      Tainted: How Philosophy of Science Can Expose Bad Science

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, O'Neill Family Professor, University of Notre Dame)

      This is the first book on practical philosophy of science and how to practically evaluate scientific findings that have life-and-death consequences. Showing how to uncover scores of scientific flaws –…

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      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, O'Neill Family Professor, University of Notre Dame)

      This is the first book on practical philosophy of science and how to practically evaluate scientific findings that have life-and-death consequences. Showing how to uncover scores of scientific flaws –…

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      Environmental Justice: Creating Equality, Reclaiming Democracy

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Professor of Philosophy and Concurrent Professor of Biological Science, University of Notre Dame)

      Offers a philosophical discussion of environmental justice. Explaining fundamental ethical concepts such as equality, property rights, procedural justice, free informed consent, intergenerational equity, and just compensation, this title shows how…

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      Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

      In this book Shrader-Frechette reveals how politicians, campaign contributors, and lobbyists-and their power over media, advertising, and public relations-have conspired to cover up environmental disease and death.

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      Taking Action, Saving Lives: Our Duties to Protect Environmental and Public Health

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

      In this book Shrader-Frechette reveals how politicians, campaign contributors, and lobbyists-and their power over media, advertising, and public relations-have conspired to cover up environmental disease and death.

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      What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power

      Kristin Shrader-Frechette (O'Neill Family Professor, O'Neill Family Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame)

      What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy – and not nuclear fission or clean coal – are the most effective, cheapest, and…

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      Method in Ecology: Strategies for Conservation

      Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette (University of South Florida),Earl D. McCoy (University of South Florida)

      In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can’t make in environmental problem solving. They discuss conceptual problems preventing the formulation of precise theories, and describe…

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      Method in Ecology: Strategies for Conservation

      Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette (University of South Florida),Earl D. McCoy (University of South Florida),Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette (University of South Florida)

      In this volume, the authors discuss what practical contributions ecology can and can’t make in environmental problem solving. They discuss conceptual problems preventing the formulation of precise theories, and describe…

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      Technology and Values

      Examining issues surrounding developments in technology, the contributors consider topics such as the effects on privacy of the widespread use of computers to store and retrieve personal information, and the…

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