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6 Conn. Ins. L.J. 365 (1999-2000)
Risk in Contemporary Society

handle is hein.journals/conilj6 and id is 377 raw text is: RISK IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Francois Ewald* Translation by Jean-Marc Dautrey** and Claire F. Stfler*** TABLE OF CONTENTS IN TR O D U C TIO N ........................................................................................ 365 I. THE MORAL PERCEPTION OF RISK ................................................. 366 II. THE SOCIAL PERCEPTION OF RISK ................................................. 369 III. THE LEGAL PERCEPTION OF RISK .................................................. 373 C O N C LU SIO N ............................................................................................. 378 INTRODUCTION Risk occupies a prominent place in contemporary societies. It can be found everywhere: in the business world, where it defines the scope of an entrepreneur; in the financial world, where it is synonymous with the impending threat of a crash; in the realm of welfare, where institutions offering private or public coverage are concerned with protection from risk; in the legal world, where it is the basis for establishing liability; in the moral world, where concerns are raised about the number of government- aid recipients; in the medical world, where it represents the unexpected in therapy; and in the military world, where the notion of zero risk strategy was first conceived. Risk also manifests itself in nature in the form of * Professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Mtiers; Director of Research and Strategy, Fd~ration Franqaise des Soci~t~s d'Assurances. ** B.A., English and American Literature, La Sorbonne 1980; M.A., La Sorbonne 1983; J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law 1995. Free lance translator. *** Language Department Head, The Williston Northampton School; A.B., Oberlin College 1972; M.A.T., University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1980.

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