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Expected value, to a point: Moral decision‐making under background uncertainty

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Expected value maximization gives plausible guidance for moral decision‐making under uncertainty in many situations. But it has unappetizing implications in ‘Pascalian’ situations involving tiny probabilities of extreme outcomes. This paper shows, first, that under realistic levels of ‘background uncertainty’ about sources of value independent
Christian Tarsney
wiley   +1 more source

Bushmeat Consumption and the Risk of Zoonotic Tick-Borne Pathogen Infections in Ghana: An Increasing Risk to Public Health. [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Chall
• Consuming bushmeat comes with the risk of zoonotic tick‐borne pathogen infection. • To protect public health, there is a need for regulations on bushmeat handling and sales, frequent surveillance, and increased education. ABSTRACT Consuming bushmeat is a widely accepted tradition in Ghana and other West African countries, where it is a vital source ...
Tawiah-Mensah CNL, Ladzekpo D, Addo SO.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Legal implications of zoonoses for clinical veterinarians [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2008
Sarah L. Babcock   +3 more
openalex   +1 more source

Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: Evolutionary variation in bat immunology

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, EarlyView.
Bats are recognized to have distinct immune systems from other vertebrates that may allow them to host virulent pathogens without showing disease. However, these flying mammals are also incredibly diverse, such that bats should not be expected to be immunologically homogenous.
Daniel J. Becker   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

One health governance: recent advances in Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesOne Health
Wakimoto MD   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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