Science, Politics and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making
Author:   Rene Von Schomberg
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   17
ISBN:  

9780792319979


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   31 December 1992
Format:   Hardback
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Science, Politics and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making


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Current environmental problems and technological risks are a challenge for a new institutional arrangement of the value spheres of science, politics and morality. Distinguished authors from different European countries and America provide a cross-disciplinary perspective on the problems of political decision making under the conditions of scientific uncertainty. Cases from biotechnology and the environmental sciences are discussed. The papers collected for this volume address: controversies about risks and political decision making; concepts of science for policy; the use of social science in the policy making process; ethical problems with developments in science and technology; public and state interests in the development and control of technology.

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Author:   Rene Von Schomberg
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   17
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780792319979


ISBN 10:   0792319974
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   31 December 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Controversies and Political Decision Making.- 2 Controversies about Risks and Their Relation to Different Paradigms in Biological Research.- 3 Probabilistic Uncertainty and Technological Risks.- 4 A new Branch of Science, Inc..- 5 The Emergence of Post-Normal Science.- 6 Argumentation and Power in Evaluation-Research and in Its Utilization in the Policy Making Process.- 7 Scientific Knowledge, Discourse Ethics, and Consensus Formation on Public Policy Issues.- 8 The Argument about a New Paradigm for Health Research.- 9 AIDS and Human Rights: A Societal Choice.- 10 Biotechnology and Social Perception.- 11 Scientific Controversies in Food Biotechnology.

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