The author lists at least two problems with rational risk assessment, one is the problems of tautology and the other is a problem of incommensurability. Define and explain both of these problems.
What will be an ideal response?
First is tautology—if everything we do is motivated by an interest, then
everything we do must already be ration. There is no space for irrationality.
Second is incommensurability, meaning the question of who is right—not only
may one person hold incommensurable values, the values of two or more people
may also be incommensurable.
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