Precautionary Principle, Pluralism and Deliberation: Science and Ethics

Content: Cover 
 Title Page 
 Copyright 
 Contents
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction
 I.1. From the New World debate to assessing the best of worlds
 I.2. Precaution and pluralisms
 I.3. Informed decisions and shaping decisions
 I.4. Evaluating evaluation
 I.5. The search for epistemic and ethical coherence
 I.6. Outline of the problem
 PART 1: Pluralism between Ethics and Politics in the Context of Prevention
 Introduction to Part 1
 1. Burdens of Judgment and Ethical Pluralism of Values
 1.1. The "burdens of judgment" at the root of the "fact of reasonable pluralism" 1.2. Burdens of judgment: a critique1.2.1. Burdens of judgment: a starting point, not an obstacle
 1.2.2. The variable geometry of pluralisms
 1.3. Ethical pluralism of values, from relativism to monism
 1.4. Relativisms and commitments
 1.4.1. Three types of relativism
 1.4.2. Commitments in response to values
 1.5. Opposing monism: conditionality, incompatibility and incommensurability of values
 1.6. Conclusion: decompartmentalizing conflicts of values
 2. Ethical Pluralism of Ethical Theories at the Heart of Evaluation
 2.1. Ordinary morality, anti-theory and skepticism 2.2. What is an ethical theory?2.3. Main ethical theories
 2.4. Pluralism in practical reasoning
 2.4.1. Formal practical reasoning
 2.4.2. Substantial practical reasoning
 2.5. Interactions between normative factors and foundational normative theories
 2.6. Conclusion: conflicts and deliberation in the context of ethical theories
 3. Deliberative Democracy Put to the Test of Ethical Pluralism
 3.1. Participatory exposure
 3.2. Rawls and Habermas: opposing views in support of deliberation
 3.2.1. Rawls: restricted ethics
 3.2.2. Habermas: reliance on undefined arguments 3.3. Deliberating in a democracy3.4. Desperately seeking arguments…
 3.5. Conclusion: pluralism of moral and political philosophers
 Conclusion to Part 1: Mapping the "Should-be" of the Public Sphere
 PART 2: Ethical and Political Pluralism in a Context of Precaution
 Introduction to Part 2
 4. Deciding on, and in, Uncertainty Using the Precautionary Meta-principle
 4.1. Careless criticisms of the precautionary principle
 4.2. Precautionary principle: components and trigger factors
 4.3. To act, or not to act
 4.4. Clashing scenarios and "grammars" of the future 4.5. Typology of political decisions in the context of uncertainty4.6. Conclusion: the deliberative as genre for uncertain futures
 5. Between Sciences and Ethics: A New Quarrel of Faculties?
 5.1. Scientists between attachment and independence
 5.2. Politics of nature
 5.3. The prominent role of values in paradigm changes
 5.4. Relationships between scientific facts, epistemic values and ethical values
 5.5. Conclusion: a Republic of Letters dealing with facts and values
 6. Co-argumentation in a Context of Disciplinary Pluralism
 6.1. Epistemic pluralism and competitive positions