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- Offers a comprehensive introduction to deliberative democracy
- Analyzes the role of common people in discussions on ethics from a historical and philosophical perspective
- Describes best-practice approaches to good deliberation
Part of the book series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE, volume 6)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
How many citizens take part in moral and political decisions concerning the results obtained by the contemporary life sciences? Should they blindly follow skilled demagogues or false and deceptive leaders? Should they adhere to the voice of the majority, or should they take a different decisional path? Deliberative democracy answers these questions, but what is deliberative democracy? Can we really deliberate if we are completely ignorant of the relevant issue? What about ethical or political expertise, is it strictly necessary? Finally, and most significantly, can a deliberative process take place if we ignore the techniques governing it; that is, the techniques required to be minimally skilled in rational argumentation?
Giovanni Boniolo goes back to the historical and theoretical foundations of deliberation showing us, with some irony, that deliberation is a matter of competence, and not just a matter of a right to decide. His conclusion might not delight everyone: “anyonewho is not sufficiently acquainted with the subject matter or lacks the sufficient deliberative competence ought not be admitted to deliberative discussions. This restriction makes both good deliberation and a proper deliberative democracy possible, otherwise debate degenerates into demagogy and hypocrisy”.
Authors and Affiliations
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European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Faculty of Medicine, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
Giovanni Boniolo
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Art of Deliberating
Book Subtitle: Democracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory
Authors: Giovanni Boniolo
Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31954-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31953-2Published: 18 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42654-4Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31954-9Published: 18 August 2012
Series ISSN: 2192-6255
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6263
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 186
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics, Philosophy of Science, Biomedicine general