Name one drawback to using a risk management approach to solve the \"Risk/Benefi

Question

Name one drawback to using a risk management approach to solve the "Risk/Benefit Problem" of technology that we discussed in class.

a)Risks are subject to a certain extent (different people will make different judgments concerning whether a given risk is acceptable.)

b)Risk mmanagement itself is a good approach, but it cannot be complete without an appeal to Kantianism or Utlitarianism.

c)Engineering decisions can never be reduced to deterministic approaches in ethics.

d)There are no drawbacks to using a risk management strategy to handle the "Risk Benefit Problem" of technology.

Explanation / Answer

One of the drawbacks of using risk management approach for solving the "risk/benefit problem" of technology is:

risks are subject to a certain extent i.e different people will make different judgements concerning whether a given risk is acceptable.) That is different people have different capacities and preferences towards risks which we need to take account of.

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