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Science, Politics and Morality

Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. René Schomberg

    1. University of Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library A: (TDLA, volume 17)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • René von Schomberg
      Pages 1-4

  3. Controversies about Risks and Policy Implications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Controversies and Political Decision Making

      • René von Schomberg
      Pages 7-26

    3. Controversies about Risks and Their Relation to Different Paradigms in Biological Research

      • Regine Kollek
      Pages 27-41

    4. Probabilistic Uncertainty and Technological Risks

      • Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette
      Pages 43-60

  4. Concepts of Science for Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. A New Branch of Science, Inc.

      • Helga Nowotny
      Pages 63-84

    3. The Emergence of Post-Normal Science

      • Silvio O. Funtowicz, Jerome R. Ravetz
      Pages 85-123

  5. The Use of Social Science in the Policy Making Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Argumentation and Power in Evaluation-Research and in Its Utilization in the Policy-Making Process

      • Igno M. A. M. Pröpper
      Pages 127-158

  6. Ethical Problems with Developments in Science and Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Scientific Knowledge, Discourse Ethics, and Consensus Formation on Public Policy Issues

      • Matthias Kettner
      Pages 161-180

    3. The Argument about a New Paradigm for Health Research

      • Rainer Hohlfeld
      Pages 181-188

    4. AIDS and Human Rights: A Societal Choice

      • Daniel Borrillo
      Pages 189-203

  7. Public and State Interests in the Development and Control of Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Biotechnology and Social Perception

      • Olaf Diettrich
      Pages 207-219

    3. Scientific Controversies in Food Biotechnology

      • Piet Schenkelaars
      Pages 221-230

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 231-236
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Keywords

About this book

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 the following themes: (i) controversies about risks and political decision making; (ii) concepts of science for policy; (iii) the use of social science in the policy making process; (iv) ethical problems with developments in science and technology; (v) public and state interests in the development and control of technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Brabant, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    René Schomberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science, Politics and Morality

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making

  • Editors: René Schomberg

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8143-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1997-9Published: 31 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4211-8Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8143-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0921-3384

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2119

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 236

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Environmental Management, Ethics, Sociology, general

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