Risk and distributive justice: the case of regulating new technologies.
There are certain kinds of risk for which governments, rather than individual actors, are increasingly held responsible. This article discusses how regulatory institutions can ensure an equitable distribution of risk between various groups such as rich and poor, and present and future generations. It focuses on cases of risk associated with technological and biotechnological innovation. After discussing various possibilities and difficulties of distribution, this article proposes a non-welfarist understanding of risk as a burden of cooperation.
Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien, Universität Bremen, Linzer Str. 4, Bremen, Germany. ferretti@iniis.uni-bremen.de
Maria Paola
MP
Ferretti
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013672:Technology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*