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

• Superior document: Poznan studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81
• TeilnehmendeR: Dilworth, Craig,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, NY : : Rodopi,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English; Italian
• Series: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; Volume 81.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (354 pages)
• 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.
• Other title: Bene, il male e la scienza.; Preliminary material /; EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION /; PREFACE /; ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS /; INTRODUCTION /; WHAT IS SCIENCE? /; SCIENCE AND SOCIETY /; IS SCIENCE NEUTRAL? /; SCIENCE, TECHNIQUE AND TECHNOLOGY /; THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC IDEOLOGY /; THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM /; NORMS AND VALUES IN HUMAN ACTION /; THE ROLE OF VALUES IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES /; THEORETICAL RATIONALITY AND PRACTICAL RATIONALITY /; THE MORAL JUDGMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /; THE PROBLEM OF RISK /; THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE IN A SYSTEMS-THEORETIC APPROACH /; THE ETHICAL DIMENSION /; AN ETHICS FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY /; REFERENCES /; THE CHALLENGE OF THE FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SCIENCE /; THE FULL DIMENSIONS OF RATIONALITY /; SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND ETHICS /; THE CENTRALITY OF TRUTH /; SOME REFLECTIONS ON AGAZZI’S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE /; PRACTICAL RATIONALITY AND TECHNICAL RATIONALITY /; KNOWLEDGE, ACTIVITY AND ETHICAL JUDGMENT /; TECHNO-SCIENCES AND ETHICS /; THE ALLEGED ERROR OF SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY /; EVANDRO AGAZZI’S ETHICAL PRAGMATISM OF SCIENCE /; A SCHEME-INTERPRETATIONIST SOPHISTICATION OF AGAZZI’S SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SCIENCE AND ETHICS /; A NOTE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORMS /; THE NON-LINEARITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM /; SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AXIOLOGY OF SCIENCE /; REPLIES TO THE COMMENTARIES /; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS /; NAME INDEX /; POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004333223
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Craig Dilworth.

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.