The precautionary principle (PP) has been proposed as the proper guide for the decision-making criteria to be adopted in the face of the new catastrophic risks that have arisen in the last decades. This article puts forward a workable definition of the PP based on the so-called α-maximin expected utility approach, applying it to the possible outbreak of the avian flu disease among humans. Moreover, it shows how the shortage and/or lack of effective drugs against the infection of the virus A(H5N1) among humans can be considered a precautionary failure.

Basili, M., Franzini, M. (2006). Understanding the Risk of an Avian Flu Pandemic: Rational Waiting or Precautionary Failure?. RISK ANALYSIS, 26.

Understanding the Risk of an Avian Flu Pandemic: Rational Waiting or Precautionary Failure?

BASILI, MARCELLO;
2006-01-01

Abstract

The precautionary principle (PP) has been proposed as the proper guide for the decision-making criteria to be adopted in the face of the new catastrophic risks that have arisen in the last decades. This article puts forward a workable definition of the PP based on the so-called α-maximin expected utility approach, applying it to the possible outbreak of the avian flu disease among humans. Moreover, it shows how the shortage and/or lack of effective drugs against the infection of the virus A(H5N1) among humans can be considered a precautionary failure.
2006
Basili, M., Franzini, M. (2006). Understanding the Risk of an Avian Flu Pandemic: Rational Waiting or Precautionary Failure?. RISK ANALYSIS, 26.
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