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OverviewWe live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions – experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution – The Owls – that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harry Collins (Cardiff University) , Robert Evans (Human Relations Service, Wellesley, Massachusetts)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781509509614ISBN 10: 1509509615 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 24 February 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsScientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought-provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that science gives substance to the way of being of democracy . Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals. Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO, 1994 2005 Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book. Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University, Sacramento Scientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought-provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that science gives substance to the way of being of democracy . Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals. -Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO, 1994-2005 Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book. -Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University, Sacramento Should we only give credence to an expert in any given field, thereby discounting the view of non-specialists? Doing so would seem rather undemocratic. It would also appear to reduce the scope for holding experts accountable. [... Collins and Evans'] theory not only tries to explain how knowledge is acquired but also legitimises the contribution which non-practitioners can make to scientific practice. -The Irish Times Scientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that 'science gives substance to the way of being of democracy.' Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals. Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO 1994 - 2005 Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book. Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University Scientific and technological advances have a huge impact on our lives, yet science and society have an ambivalent relationship: science needs democracy to flourish but its techniques are beyond political accountability. In this thought-provoking book, Collins and Evans assert that science gives substance to the way of being of democracy . Consequently, science is a key to achieving and safeguarding our democratic ideals. Barry Barish, Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Caltech; PI and Director of LIGO, 1994 2005 Free-market ideology threatens both science and democracy. Collins and Evans respond not with philosophical arguments but an appeal to common sense. They ask us first to see that we face a basic moral choice, and then to choose the values of modern science. A provocative and thoughtful book. Mark Brown, Professor of Government, California State University, Sacramento Author InformationHarry Collins is a Fellow of the British Academy, and Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. Robert Evans is Professor in Sociology at Cardiff University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |