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Kristien HensPublished On
2022-12-09Page Range
pp. 191–20417. 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.