This book grounds deliberative democratic theory in a more
refined understanding of deliberative practice, in particular when
dealing with intractable moral disagreement regarding novel
technologies. While there is an ongoing, vibrant debate about the
theoretical merits of deliberative democracy on the one hand, and
more recently, empirical studies of specific deliberative exercises
have been carried out, these two discussions fail to speak to one
another.
Debates about animal and plant biotechnology are examined as a
paradigmatic case for intractable disagreement in today's
pluralistic societies. This examination reveals that the
disagreements in this debate are multi-faceted and
multi-dimensional and can often be traced to fundamental
disagreements about values or worldviews.
"One of the acute insights to emerge from this examination is
that deliberation can serve different purposes vis-a-vis different
types of problem. In the case of deeply unstructured problems, like
the modern biotechnology debate, the aim of inclusion is more
appropriate than the aim of consensus. This book highlights the
importance of political culture and broader institutional settings
in shaping the capacity and propensity of citizens to engage in
deliberation and the degree to which governments are prepared to
relinquish authority to deliberative mini-publics."
Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne, Australia"
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