Why democracies need science /
Collins, H. M. 1943-
Why democracies need science / Harry Collins, Robert Evans. - viii, 194 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-189) and index.
Part I. Introduction. 1. Science as a moral choice --
Part II. Elective modernism. 2. Choosing science ; 3. Elective modernism, democracy and science --
Part III. Academic context. 4. Elective modernism in context ; 5. Institutional innovations --
Part IV. Manifesto. 6. Elective modernism and democracy.
We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution The Owls that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all.
CAS Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Text in English
9781509509607 9781509509614 (pb)
2016038437
Democracy and science.
Science--Political aspects.
Science and state.
JC423 / .C6478 2017
338.926 C69 2017
Why democracies need science / Harry Collins, Robert Evans. - viii, 194 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [174]-189) and index.
Part I. Introduction. 1. Science as a moral choice --
Part II. Elective modernism. 2. Choosing science ; 3. Elective modernism, democracy and science --
Part III. Academic context. 4. Elective modernism in context ; 5. Institutional innovations --
Part IV. Manifesto. 6. Elective modernism and democracy.
We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working to hidden agendas or serving vested interests. The solution is usually seen as more public scrutiny and more control by democratic institutions experts must be subservient to social and political life. In this book, Harry Collins and Robert Evans take a radically different view. They argue that, rather than democracies needing to be protected from science, democratic societies need to learn how to value science in this new age of uncertainty. By emphasizing that science is a moral enterprise, guided by values that should matter to all, they show how science can support democracy without destroying it and propose a new institution The Owls that can mediate between science and society and improve technological decision-making for the benefit of all.
CAS Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Text in English
9781509509607 9781509509614 (pb)
2016038437
Democracy and science.
Science--Political aspects.
Science and state.
JC423 / .C6478 2017
338.926 C69 2017
