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100 1 _aBoniolo, Giovanni.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Art of Deliberating
_h[electronic resource] :
_bDemocracy, Deliberation and the Life Sciences between History and Theory /
_cby Giovanni Boniolo.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2012.
300 _aXVIII, 186 p. 5 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aStudies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,
_x2192-6255 ;
_v6
505 0 _aDeliberation 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.
520 _aHow 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 with the subject matter or lacks the sufficient deliberative competence ought not be admitted to deliberative discussions. This restriction makes both good deliberation and a proper deliberative democracy possible, otherwise debate degenerates into demagogy and hypocrisy”.  
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aMedical ethics.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aLife Sciences, general.
650 2 4 _aTheory of Medicine/Bioethics.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Science.
650 2 4 _aBiomedicine general.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642319532
830 0 _aStudies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,
_x2192-6255 ;
_v6
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31954-9
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