Pragmatist Ethics for a Technological Culture

Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character: old ways of reproducing ourselves, managing nature and keeping animals are continually replaced by new ones; norms and values with respect to our bodies, food production, health care and environmental protection are regularly being put up...

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Other Authors: Keulartz, F.W. Jozef (Editor), Korthals, Michiel (Editor), Schermer, M. (Editor), Swierstra, T.E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1: PROLOGUE
  • 1: Ethics in a Technological Culture
  • 2: TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS
  • 2: Pragmatic Resources for Biotechnology
  • 3: Philosophical Tools and Technical Solutions
  • 4: How Pragmatic Is Bioethics?
  • 5: Healthcare as a Relational Practice: A Hermeneutic-Pragmatic Perspective
  • 3: THE STATUS OF PRAGMATISM
  • 6: A Modest Proposal: Methodological Pragmatism for Bioethics
  • 7: Methodological Pragmatism in Bioethics: A Modest Proposal?
  • 8: Pragmatic Epistemology and the Activity of Bioethics
  • 9: Pragmatism and Pragmata
  • 4: PRAGMATISM AND PRACTICES
  • 10: A Multi-Practice Ethics of Domesticated and “Wild” Animals
  • 11: Weak Ethics, Strong Feelings
  • 12: Pragmatism for Medical Ethics
  • 13: Competitiveness, Ethics and Truth
  • 14: A Pragmatist Epistemology for Adaptive Management
  • 15: How Much Doubt Can a Pragmatist Bear?
  • 5: DISCOURSE ETHICS AND DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY
  • 16: Pragmatism, Discourse Ethics and Occasional Philosophy
  • 17: Minimalism with a Vengeance
  • 18: Moral Vocabularies and Public Debate
  • 19: Debating Pragmatism
  • 6: EPILOGUE
  • 20: Pragmatism in Action