Against the <i>De Minimis</i> Principle

Lundgren, Björn; Stefánsson, H. Orri

doi:10.1111/risa.13445

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“…Lundgren and Stefánsson 8 discuss this issue in detail and conclude that even a context-sensitive approach to specifying a level p 0 cannot be justified. The argumentation adopted is that, if the context-sensitive de minimis principle is accepted, then the application of the principle will give contradictory results, depending on the perspective of the decision-maker.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Thus, a context-sensitive p 0 level can be both de minimis and non-de minimis. The question raised by Lundgren and Stefánsson 8 is then: Should the de minimis consideration be made on the local levels or on the aggregated global level?…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Shrader-Frechette 13 provides an overview of arguments commonly adopted for why society ought to ignore very small risks and define some criteria for acceptable societal risk. Many of the arguments provided challenge the conclusions made by Lundgren and Stefánsson, 8 who make a strong separation between acceptable risks and the de minimis risks.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The goal of the paper has not been to give an all-inclusive review of de minimis theory and practice, but to obtain some new insights by discussing some current issues and applying contemporary risk science. In particular, the paper seeks to refute the arguments for the conclusion provided by Lundgren and Stefánsson 8 expressing that the de minimis principle has no place in rational decision making.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…A main problem is that of specifying the appropriate threshold level. Recently, Lundgren and Stefánsson 8 have provided a decision analysis-oriented perspective on the de minimis principle. The authors argue that the application of the de minimis principle has no place in rational decision-making.…”

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On the foundation and use of the de minimis principle in a risk analysis context

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2021

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‘De minimis risk’ is a basic concept and principle of risk analysis, which states that risks which are sufficiently small can be ignored. This principle is commonly used in practical risk analysis and related decision-making, but its rationale is debated. Recently, authors have argued that de minimis reasoning has no place in rational decision-making. The present paper provides a perspective on the foundation and use of this principle in a risk analysis context. The main aim of the paper is to gain new knowledge about the meaning and scope of the principle in view of contemporary risk science. We evaluate the extent to which different perspectives on risk can explain the disputes concerning the suitability of the principle. Current discussions of the principle have to a large extent been based on probabilistic-based frameworks, whereas the present study also addresses uncertainty-based risk perspectives. Examples are used to illustrate the discussion.

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Section: Review Of the Current Discussion Of The Suitability Of The De Minimis Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Review Of the Current Discussion Of The Suitability Of The De Minimis Principlementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On the foundation and use of the de minimis principle in a risk analysis context

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Decision Theory and De Minimis Risk

Smith

2022

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A de minimis risk is defined as a risk that is so small that it may be legitimately ignored when making a decision. While ignoring small risks is common in our day-to-day decision making, attempts to introduce the notion of a de minimis risk into the framework of decision theory have run up against a series of well-known difficulties. In this paper, I will develop an enriched decision theoretic framework that is capable of overcoming two major obstacles to the modelling of de minimis risk. The key move is to introduce, into decision theory, a non-probabilistic conception of risk known as normic risk.

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Can the Normic de minimis Expected Utility Theory save the de minimis Principle?

Lundgren,

Stefánsson

2023

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Recently, Martin Smith defended a view he called the “normic de minimis expected utility theory”. The basic idea is to integrate a ‘normic’ version of the de minimis principle into an expected utility-based decision theoretical framework. According to the de minimis principle some risks are so small (falling below a threshold) that they can be ignored. While this threshold standardly is defined in terms of some probability, the normic conception of de minimis defines this threshold in terms of abnormality. In this article, we present three independent arguments against the normic de minimis expected utility theory, focusing on its reliance on the de minimis principle.

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Against the De Minimis Principle

Cited by 12 publications

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On the foundation and use of the de minimis principle in a risk analysis context

On the foundation and use of the de minimis principle in a risk analysis context

Decision Theory and De Minimis Risk

Can the Normic de minimis Expected Utility Theory save the de minimis Principle?

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