Science, Politics, and Morality: Scientific Uncertainty and Decision Making

Introduction Part I: Controversies about Risks and Policy Implications: Controversies and Political Decision Making Controversies about Risks and their Relation to Different Paradigms in Biological Research Probabilistic Uncertainty and Technological Risks Part II: Concepts of Science for Policy: A New Branch of Science, Inc. The Emergence of Post-Normal Science Part III: The Use of Social Science in the Policy Making Process: Argumentation and Power in Evaluation-Research and in Its Utilization in the Policy Making Process Part IV: Ethical Problems with Developments in Science and Technology: Scientific Knowledge, Discourse Ethics, and Consensus Formation on Public Issues The Argument about a New Paradigm for Health Research AIDS and Human Rights: A Societal Choice Part V: Public and State Interests in the Development and Control of Technology: Biotechnology and Social Perception Scientific Controversies in Food Biotechnology Index.