Search results for "precaution"
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The Context(s) of Precaution: Ideological and Instrumental Appeals to the Precautionary Principle
2009
This article contributes to the clarification of the concept of precaution and its function in social debate. The authors compare the uses of precaution in science and technology—related conflicts (as indicated by an analysis of media reports on precaution) with data from a survey on precaution and the role of science in decision making. While the survey data confirm the existence of opposing “idealized” or “ideological” conceptualizations of the role of science in regulatory decisions, the analyzed media reports show an added degree of complexity on the level of social dynamics. The media analysis identifies an instrumental use of the concept of precaution in social debate, which is indep…
Sustainability and Teaching in Higher Technological Education
2015
In this chapter, Sustainability and Teaching in Higher Technological Education, Tom V. Nilsen argues for technological education that sees technology in a holistic perspective. The chapter starts with World Commission on Environment and Development (Report of the world commission on environment and development: Our common future, 1987, New York, NY: United Nations) and moves on to engineering education. It is recognised that the implications for universities are radical. The idea of the Honest Broker is presented. Via Giddens and Habermas, and systems thinking, there are links to other disciplines which are discussed in other chapters.
Beyond the Precautionary Principle
2019
This chapter centers on the discussion around terrorism. While some scholars emphasize on terrorism as a risk, others alert on the limitations of thinking terrorism within the field of risk. This does not mean that terrorism does not exist, it is a big problem for urbanized contexts, but it escapes to the control of laycitizens. Following Niklas Luhman's definition we exert a criticism on those who think terrorism as a risk. This piece interrogated on the epistemological border of terrorism as well as the interest of publics and audiences to consume the others` mourning as a form of entertainment. This trend was facilitated by the unification of risk and threat notions. As we have explained…
Sleep laboratories reopening and COVID-19 : a European perspective
2021
The clinical activities regarding sleep disordered breathing (SDB) have been sharply interrupted during the initial phase of the COVID-19 epidemic throughout Europe. In the last months, activities have gradually restarted, according to epidemiological phase of COVID-19 and National recommendations. The recent increase in cases throughout Europe obliges to reconsider management strategies of SDB accordingly. Diagnosis of SDB and initiation of treatment pose some specific problems to be addressed to preserve safety of the patients and health personnel. This perspective document by a group of European sleep experts aims at summarising some different approaches followed in Europe and United Sta…
Brevi note su modelli di eterointegrazione penale e normativa UE in materia agroalimentare: tecniche di rinvio e "linguaggi" europei
2018
Il saggio affronta alcune delle questioni che si pongono sul fronte dei rapporti integrativi tra fattispecie penali e norme europee in materia agroalimentare. In particolare, il contributo analizza, anche in una prospettiva comparata, alcune problematiche legate all'impiego di certe tecniche di tipizzazione basate su rinvii alla normativa UE di settore, evidenziando come alcuni modelli di eterointegrazione dei precetti penali - specie quelli declinati tramite mero rinvio espresso - presentino rilevanti criticità non solo sul piano della riserva di legge ma anche su quello della colpevolezza e dell'offensività. Muovendo da alcuni rilievi critici nei confronti della tecnica di tipizzazione di…
A Just Criminalization of Irregular Immigration: Is It Possible?
2015
The aim of this paper is to question, from the perspective of a principled theory of criminalization, the legitimacy of making irregular immigration (IM) a crime. In order to do this, I identify three main ways in which the political decision to introduce a crime of IM may be defended: according to the first, IM is a malum in se the wrongness of which resides in its being a violation of states’ territorial sovereignty; according to the second, IM is a justified malum prohibitum the wrongness of which resides in its being a violation of a justified immigration regulation; according to the third, IM is a malum in se the wrongness of which resides in its harmful consequences for receiving stat…
Responsibility in uncertain times: an institutional perspective on precaution
2008
Precaution is a key issue in environmental governance. Variously defined, intensively debated and introduced in many regulations, its meaning, scope and application remain problematic. This article argues that the controversy on precaution is a matter of culturally patterned expectations concerning the production and use of knowledge and the related social positions and responsibilities. The way uncertainty and its role in the policy process are understood is crucial. For some precaution is a flawed concept, to be accommodated to the current expert-based cooperative scheme. For others it is a major innovation requiring a rearrangement of the latter. Precautionary policies may evolve in dif…
Aquaculture in Sicily: the state of the art
2009
Aquaculture in Sicily, represented almost exclusively by seabass and sea bream production, together with capture fishery, plays a significant role in the regional economy. On a national basis, the regional production covers about 20% of Italian euryha- line fish production. Fingerling supply is guaranteed by the two hatcheries present on the Island. Twelve floating cage farms and two inshore farms annually produce about 4,000 t of fish. A small extensive production arises from the storage basins of the salt work of Trapani. This niche production could represent an opportunity to realize a new distinctive organic aquaculture, preferred by the consumers respect to intensive produced fish, tha…
Tantalo e la ricerca dello spazio-tempo perduto: riflessioni a margine della tutela cautelare nel processo amministrativo e di altri demoni
2020
The paper pays attention to the concrete dynamics inside the precautionary phase of the administrative trial