Science, politics, and morality : scientific uncertainty and decision making / edited by René von Schomberg.

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.

xi, 235 pages ; 25 cm.

Controversies and political decision making / René von Schomberg -- Controversies about risks and their relation to different paradigms in biological research / Regine Kollek -- Probabilistic uncertainity and technological risks / Kristin S. Shrader-Frechette -- A new branch of science, inc. / Helga Nowotny -- The emergence of post-normal science / Silvio Funtowicz & Jerome Ravetz -- Argumentation and power in evaluation-research and in its utilization in the policy making process / Igno M.A.M. Pröpper -- Scientific knowledge, discourse ethics, and consensus formation on public policy issues / Matthias Kettner -- The argument about a new paradigm for health research / Rainer Hohlfeld -- AIDS and human rights : a societal choice / Daniel Borrillo -- Biotechnology and social perception / Olaf Diettrich -- Scientific controversies in food biotechnology / Piet Schenkelaars.

Includes bibliographical references and index