... of unpredictability, is not new. Think of earthquakes or hurricanes making landfall. Systems exist for dealing with such events, and they hinge around a risk management approach. Although these are relatively short-timescale ‘events’, some of the risk management principles may be usefully mapped over to climate...

... regulatory thinking. One threat is a risk-management mentality that marginalizes (and possibly excludes) moral considerations; and the other is an over-reliance on technological instruments such that the complexion of the regulatory environment denies humans the opportunity to express their dignity...

... for instance suggest that a shop-keeper who considered he had been unfairly forced to leave his shop in a given street or district wanted to curse all his former neighbours. This (or similar reasons) would justify the diversity of trades in some curse tablets. Admittedly, risk management and attitude towards...

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