Precautionary principle, pluralism and deliberation : science and ethics /

This volume tackles the burden of judgment and the challenges of ethical disagreements, organizes the cohabitation of scientific and ethical argumentations in such a way they find their appropriate place in the political decision. It imagines several forms of agreements and open ways of conflicts re...

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Main Authors: Reber, Bernard. (Author)
Published: ISTE Ltd,
Publisher Address: London, UK :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Cognitive science series
Responsible research and innovation set ; volume 4
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Summary: This volume tackles the burden of judgment and the challenges of ethical disagreements, organizes the cohabitation of scientific and ethical argumentations in such a way they find their appropriate place in the political decision. It imagines several forms of agreements and open ways of conflicts resolution very different compared with ones of the majority of political philosophers and political scientists that are macro-social and general. It offers an original contribution to a scrutinized interpretation of the precautionary principle, as structuring the decision in interdisciplinary contexts, to make sure to arrive this time to the "Best of the Worlds".
Carrier Form: xlv, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-243) and index.
ISBN: 9781786301000 (hardback) :
1786301008 (hardback)
Index Number: Q175
CLC: N05
Call Number: N05/R291
Contents: Pluralism between ethics and politics in the context of prevention. --
Burdens of judgment and ethical pluralism of values --
Ethical pluralism of ethical theories at the heart of evaluation --
Deliberative democracy put to the test of ethical pluralism --
Mapping the "should-be" of the public sphere --
Ethical and political pluralism in a context of precaution --
Deciding on, and in, uncertainty using the precautionary meta-principle --
Between sciences and ethics: a new querrel of faculties? --
Co-argumentation in a context of disciplinary pluralism.