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Copyright

Kristien Hens

Published On

2022-12-09

Page Range

pp. 191–204

17. Concepts

Risks

Chapter of: Chance Encounters: A Bioethics for a Damaged Planet(pp. 191–204)
I describe how ‘risk’ is not a neutral term, using examples from the COVID-19 pandemic and from prenatal screening. I suggest that bioethicists should keep pointing out the different aspects of risks and how they often cannot be reduced or weighed against one another.

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