Assisted migration, risks and scientific uncertainty, and ethics: a comment on Albrecht et al.'s review paper

Abstract

In response to Albrecht et al.'s (J Agric Environ Ethics 26(4):827-845, 2013) discussion on the ethics of assisted migration, we emphasize the issues of risk and scientific uncertainty as an inextricable part of a comprehensive ethical evaluation. Insisting on a separation of risk and ethical considerations, although arguably common in many policy contexts, is at best misguided and at worst damaging.

Keywords

Assisted migration; Ethics; Risk; Scientific uncertainty; Precautionary principle

Published in

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
2014, volume: 27, number: 3, pages: 471-477
Publisher: SPRINGER

SLU Authors

• Lehvävirta, Susanna

  • University of Helsinki

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-014-9493-z

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