The art of deliberating democracy, deliberation and the life sciences between history and theory /

<p>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 decis...

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Main Author: Boniolo, Giovanni (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Imprint: Springer 2012.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics 6
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Table of Contents:
  • <p>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.</p>.