书目名称 | The Biotechnology Debate |
副标题 | Democracy in the Fac |
编辑 | Bernice Bovenkerk |
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概述 | Bridges the gap between theory and practice, whereas previous books have focussed only on deliberative theory or the practice of public deliberation.Not only relevant for academic scholars, but also f |
丛书名称 | Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy |
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描述 | .This book grounds deliberative democratic theory in a more refined understanding of deliberative practice, in particular when dealing with intractable moral disagreement regarding novel technologies. While there is an ongoing, vibrant debate about the theoretical merits of deliberative democracy on the one hand, and more recently, empirical studies of specific deliberative exercises have been carried out, these two discussions fail to speak to one another. .Debates about animal and plant biotechnology are examined as a paradigmatic case for intractable disagreement in today’s pluralistic societies. This examination reveals that the disagreements in this debate are multi-faceted and multi-dimensional and can often be traced to fundamental disagreements about values or worldviews. .“One of the acute insights to emerge from this examination is that deliberation can serve different purposes vis-à-vis different types of problem. In the case of deeply unstructured problems, like the modern biotechnology debate, the aim of inclusion is more appropriate than the aim of consensus. This book highlights the importance of political culture and broader institutional settings in shaping the ca |
出版日期 | Book 2012 |
关键词 | Animal biotechnology; Biotechnology debate; Consensus conferences; Deliberative democratic theory; Novel |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2691-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9215-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-2691-8Series ISSN 1387-6678 Series E-ISSN 2215-0323 |
issn_series | 1387-6678 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 |