Evandro Agazzi : right, wrong and science : the ethical dimensions of the techno-scientific enterprise / edited by Craig Dilworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dilworth, Craig, editor.

Series:

Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81.

Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81

Standardized Title:

Bene, il male e la scienza. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Science--Moral and ethical aspects.

Science.

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, [2004]

Summary:

Solving the problem of the negative impact of science and technology on society and the environment is indeed the greatest challenge of our time. To date, this challenge has been taken up by few professional philosophers of science, making this volume a welcome contribution to the general debate. Agazzi’s treatment involves viewing modern science and technology as each constituting systems. Against the background of this approach, he provides a penetrating analysis of science, technology and ethics, and their interrelations. Agazzi sees the solution to the problem as lying in the moral sphere and including a multilateral assumption of responsibility on the part of decision makers both within and outside of science.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Craig Dilworth

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION / Craig Dilworth

PREFACE / Evandro Agazzi

ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS / Craig Dilworth

INTRODUCTION / Craig Dilworth

WHAT IS SCIENCE? / Craig Dilworth

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY / Craig Dilworth

IS SCIENCE NEUTRAL? / Craig Dilworth

SCIENCE, TECHNIQUE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth

THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC IDEOLOGY / Craig Dilworth

THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM / Craig Dilworth

NORMS AND VALUES IN HUMAN ACTION / Craig Dilworth

THE ROLE OF VALUES IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES / Craig Dilworth

THEORETICAL RATIONALITY AND PRACTICAL RATIONALITY / Craig Dilworth

THE MORAL JUDGMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth

THE PROBLEM OF RISK / Craig Dilworth

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE IN A SYSTEMS-THEORETIC APPROACH / Craig Dilworth

THE ETHICAL DIMENSION / Craig Dilworth

AN ETHICS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY / Craig Dilworth

REFERENCES / Craig Dilworth

THE CHALLENGE OF THE FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE / Juliana González

THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF RATIONALITY / Francisco Miró Quesada

SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND ETHICS / Vladislav Lektorsky

THE CENTRALITY OF TRUTH / Mario Bunge

SOME REFLECTIONS ON AGAZZI’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE / D. P. Chattopadhyaya

PRACTICAL RATIONALITY AND TECHNICAL RATIONALITY / Enrico Berti

KNOWLEDGE, ACTIVITY AND ETHICAL JUDGMENT / Boris Yudin

TECHNO-SCIENCES AND ETHICS / Gilbert Hottois

THE ALLEGED ERROR OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY / Paul T. Durbin

EVANDRO AGAZZI’S ETHICAL PRAGMATISM OF SCIENCE / Janos Boros

A SCHEME-INTERPRETATIONIST SOPHISTICATION OF AGAZZI’S SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SCIENCE AND ETHICS / Hans Lenk

A NOTE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORMS / Jean Ladrière

THE NON-LINEARITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM / Louk Fleischhacker

SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AXIOLOGY OF SCIENCE / Javier Echeverría

REPLIES TO THE COMMENTARIES / Evandro Agazzi

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS / Craig Dilworth

NAME INDEX / Craig Dilworth

POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Craig Dilworth.

Notes:

"The present edition differs from all others ... in containing commentaries on the text by leading philosophers of science and of technology, as well as replies to these commentaries by Professor Agazzi"--Page 10.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-33322-3

OCLC:

54514724

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004333222 DOI