Pragmatism, Discourse Ethics and Occasional Philosophy

Thompson, Paul Β.

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“…Indeed, he is widely regarded in political theory as the 20th-century philosopher who most strongly realized the value of dialogue for democracy in post-industrial societies (Westbrook, 2005). Dewey has also been declared a philosopher of 'ecological modernization' avant la lettre; sociologists such as Ulrich Beck regard Dewey as the first to recognize the central importance of the 'harmful indirect consequences' of industrial life as an object of governance and public involvement (Beck, 2002; see also Thompson, 2002). Finally, Dewey is appreciated as the theorist who introduced a 'spirit of experimentalism' into the study of democracy.…”

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2007

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This paper explores the `issue-oriented' perspective on public involvement in politics opened up by recent research in Science and Technology Studies (STS). This research proposes that public controversy around techno-scientific issues is dedicated to the articulation of these issues and their eventual accommodation in society. It does not, however, fully answer the question of why issue formation should be appreciated as a crucial dimension of democratic politics. To address this question, I turn to the work of two early 20th-century American pragmatists: John Dewey and Walter Lippmann. In their work on democracy in industrial society, they conceived of public involvement in politics as being occasioned by, and providing a way to settle, controversies that existing institutions were unable to resolve. Moreover, Dewey developed a `socio-ontological' understanding of issues, which suggests that people's involvement in politics is mediated by problems that affect them. Dewey and Lippmann thus provide important argumentative resources for further elaborating the approach to public involvement developed in STS. STS research has also developed a `socio-ontological' approach, as it focuses on the `attachments' that people mobilize (and that mobilize people) in the performance of their concern with public affairs. Such an approach provides an alternative to discursivist analysis of the role of `issue framing' in the involvement of publics in politics.

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Section: With the Help Of Two American Pragmatistsmentioning

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2007

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“…As explained earlier, the normative framework comes from the ideal that democratic deliberations lead to better decisions. This ideal also resonates with a form of "occasional philosophy" (Thompson 2002). As problems are contextual -time and space dependent rather than fundamental and radical -also conclusions might be contextual and provisional.…”

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“…In this sense, TA progressively endorses a deliberative democratic model. According to deliberative democratic theories, institution's policies are legitimized by their accountability, that is the justification and articulation of public policy by giving reasons for it (Dryzek 2000, Gutmann andThompson 2002). In this "talk-centric democratic theory" (Chambers 2003), debates and discussions are expected to make the decision-making process more democratic and pluralistic.…”

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“…Furthermore, the improvement of the process of democratic deliberation is not only concerned with the inclusion of different groups, but it also requires a broadening of the issues discussed in the deliberative process. As (Thompson 2002) remarks, pragmatist ethicists should help in maintaining the balance between a "liberal" approach that focuses on the procedures for decision-making and aims at compromise or consensus among participants, and a "republican" approach focusing on the formation and quality of opinions and interests. In the republican approach, consensus for decision-making is a secondary goal.…”

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Too good to be true? : appraising expectations for ethical technology assessment

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Outline of the book 5 PART 1 7 CHAPTER 1: Technology assessment and ethics 9 1.1 Appraising emerging technologies 10 1.2 Resources and limitations in traditions assessing technologies 16 1.3 Bridging the gap: pragmatist ethics 27 1.4 The contribution of this study 34 CHAPTER 2: ASSESSING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF SOCIO-TECHNICAL FUTURES 37 2.1 Expecting future science and technologies 2.2 The social construction of the future 41 2.3 The guiding normativity in technological visions 44 2.4 Technologies are not a means to an end 48 2.5 Assessing the plausibility of expectations: a proposal 52 PART 2 57 CHAPTER 3: The mechanism in the pill 61 3.1 Promises of emerging artifacts 3.2 Rhetoric and black-boxes 3.3 A note on methods 3.4 The Nanopil: tales of an emerging object 3.5 From the lab "details" back to the big picture Chapter 4: The doctor in the pill 77 4.1 Expectations of artifacts in use 4.2 (Fictive) scripts and actor-worlds 4.3 Research design 4.4 The Nanopill: tales of an emerging practice 4. 5 Conclusions CHAPTER 5: The good in the pill 95 5.1 Visions of desirable worlds 5.2 Different expected artifacts and different values 5.3 Plurality of values among actors 5.4 Impacts of technologies and the moral landscape 5.5 Conclusion PART 3 119 CHAPTER 6: Expecting diagnostics Diagnosing expectations 119 6.1 Immunosignatures and the healthcare revolution 6.2 Research design 6.3 Immunosignatures: a "simple" concept 6.4 The expected context of use 6.5 Immunosignatures and a desirable world 6.6 Discussion CHAPTER 7: SCENARIOS AS "GROUNDED EXPLORATIONS" 149 7.1 Discussing the desirability of emerging technologies 7.2 Scenarios as tools to foster moral imagination 7.3 Plausibility assessment for "grounded explorations" 7.4 Techno-moral vignettes and scenarios in action 7.5 Discussion POSTSCRIPT 171 ANNEX 1: Images of Nanopil and Immunosignatures 181 ANNEX 2: Techno-ethical scenarios and techno-moral vignettes 187

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Pragmatism, Problem Solving, and Strategies for Engaged Philosophy

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2023

The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics

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Pragmatism, Discourse Ethics and Occasional Philosophy

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