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Index
Cover
Table of Contents
Title
Copyright
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 critique
1.3. Ethical pluralism of values, from relativism to monism
1.4. Relativisms and commitments
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
2.5. 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
3.3. Deliberating in a democracy
3.4. 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 uncertainty
4.6. 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
6.2. Tensions and cooperation due to pluralism internal and external to disciplines
6.3. Types of argumentation and dialogue
6.4. Co-dependence between ethical argumentation and scientific investigation
6.5. Confrontation of hypotheses
6.6. Conclusion: structuring of inter- and intra-disciplinary pluralisms thanks to the precautionary meta-principle
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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