The Conceptual Risks of Risk Assessment

Many, if not most, risk assessors allege that their methods of risk identification and risk estimation are wholly objective. Contrary to this view, it can be shown that a variety of value judgments are inherent in classical risk assessment methods. In addition to these methodological threats to obje...

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Published in:IEEE technology & society magazine 1986-06, Vol.5 (2), p.4-11
Main Author: Shrader-Frechette, K. S.
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