Tag Archives: Avoidance

The title of this comes from a phrase in an excellent book, The Character of Harms by Malcom Sparrow, which I read rather slowly some time back.   (The slowness was due to a) my having to read it between many other books and b) it not being the lightest of reading – not the quality of the writing .)   However, I was recently reading his chapter on “Catastrophic Harms” and he makes the point that decisions as to preventive action need to be consciously made.   I think his terminology is far more erudite and elegant than my equivalent phrase, “default decision”, but we are addressing the same issue. The problem arises in situations … Continue reading →