Science, politics and morality : scientific uncertainty and decision making /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Science+Business Media,
[1993]
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| Series: | Theory and decision library. Philosophy and methodology of the social sciences ;
volume 17. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401581431 9401581436 |