Even in a pandemic there seem to be inherent conflicts of interest between the individual
and societal consequences of remedial actions and strategies. Actions taken in the sole …

In recent years, benefit‐cost analysis has been increasingly applied to large societal
decision problems (such as developing a fast breeder energy economy) which involve both …

Every society is facing a number of risks and their regulation requires many considerations.
From an economic standpoint, it can be said that risks impose a cost on society. Avoiding …

Those of you who were at the session last night saw, once again, how a discussion about
risk assessment and cost/benefit analysis deteriorates into a shouting match. For some of us …

The post-confinement phase of the COVID-19 pandemic will require that governments
navigate more complex ethical questions than had occurred in the initial,'curve …

The second–the “risk thermostat”–characterises risk management as costbenefit analysis
without the£ signs; it calls attention to the diversity of incommensurable risks and rewards …

The question of when people may impose risks on each other is of fundamental moral
importance. Forms of “quantified risk assessment,” especially risk cost-benefit analysis …

In any analysis of a decision problem involving public risks, ethical implications are
introduced. In some cases, these ethical implications may be introduced simply because an …

There are no egalitarians in a pandemic. The scale of the challenge for health systems and
public policy means that there is an ineluctable need to prioritize the needs of the many. It is …

Many activities are generally recognized as hazardous while perhaps many more are
vaguely felt to be detrimental to our health and wellbeing. Particularly the latter often cause …