Science and Public Reason

by Sheila Jasanoff

Book Overview

This essay collection explores how democratic governments construct public reason--that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of constructing principled arguments that respect the norms of democratic deliberation. My objective is to investigate what societies do in practice when they claim to be reasoning in the public interest. Reason,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415624681
• ISBN13: 9780415624688
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"