The Art of Deliberating : Democracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory. 1st ed. 2012

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by Giovanni Boniolo

出版情報:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012

著者名:

• Boniolo, Giovanni.
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シリーズ名:

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics ; 6

ISBN:

9783642319549 [3642319548]    

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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.
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 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: “anyone who is not sufficiently acquainted

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