Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. From Contingency to ProbabilityPart I: The Subjective Experience of Risk2. Practical Reason and Probability Theory3. Anxiety and the Temporality of Risk4. The Hunger for SecurityPart II: The Governance of Others as Object of Risk5. The Shifting Meaning of Probability6. Responsibility for Risk7. Probabilistic Mechanisms of Control8. Algorithms and the DemonicPart III: A Christian Approach to Risk and Decision Theory9. Christian Responsibility10. The Role of Risk Assessment in Prudential Judgment11. The Epimethean SocietyConclusionBibliography

About the Author

Paul Scherz is an associate professor of moral theology and ethics in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Science and Christian Ethics. He has a PhD in theology from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in genetics from Harvard University.