The Art of Deliberating Democracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Boniolo, Giovanni (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 6
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Philosophy and science.; Medical ethics.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Philosophy of Science.; Biomedicine general.

How may 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 pat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Deliberation and democracy
• Plato was not so far wrong: recalling Athenian democracy
• A reappraisal of the Medieval approach will lead to excellent deliberators
• Beware of those who think they possess the truth!
• Let us learn how to deliberate before deliberating! Between ethics and biomedicine.