Jonas, H. (1985). The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethics for the Technological Age. The University of Chicago Press.

Sunstein, C. R. (2005). The Precautionary Principle as a Basis for Decision Making. The Economists’ Voice, 2(2), 1–9.

von Schomberg, R. (2006 ). The precautionary principle and its normative challenges. In E. Fisher, J. Jones, R. von Schomberg (eds.), Implementing the Precautionary Principle: Perspectives and Prospects (pp. 19–42). Edward Elgar.

Hillerbrand, R., & Roeser, S. (2016). Towards a Tird ›Practice Turn‹: An Inclusive and Empirically Informed Perspective on Risk. In M. Franssen, P.E. Vermaas, P. Kroes & A. W. M. Meijers (eds.), Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn (pp. 145–166). Springer.

Pinsdorf, C. (2022). Bioeconomy Beneath and Beyond: Persisting Challenges from a Philosophical and Ethical Perspective. In D. Lanzerath, U. Schurr, C. Pinsdorf & M. Stake (eds.), Bioeconomy and Sustainability. Perspectives from Natural and Social Sciences, Economics and Ethics (pp. 343–377). Springer.

Legal anchoring

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. (1992).  https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/generalassembly/docs/globalcompact/A_CONF.151_26_Vol.I_Declaration.pdf

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.(Bundesgesetzblatt 1949, 1). Article 20a. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0116

Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on the establishment of German unity (Unification Treaty). (1990). Article 34. https://www.cvce.eu/content/publication/1997/10/13/2c391661-db4e-42e5-84f7-bd86108c0b9c/publishable_en.pdf

Treaty on the function of the European Union, Article 191. Official Journal of the European Union (C326/47) (2012). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT:en:PDF

Commission of the European Communities. (2000). Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Social Policy Agenda (COM(2000) 379 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2000:0379:FIN:en:PDF

Commission of the European Communities. (2000). Communication from the Commission on the Precautionary Principle (COM(2000) 1 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52000DC0001&from=DE%C2%A0