science , ethics , politics

The Precautionary Principle , Science , Politics and Ethics

In its restless metamorphosis, the environmental movement captures ideas and transforms them into principles, guidelines and points of leverage. Sustainability is one such idea, now being reinterpreted in the aftermath of the 1992 Rio Conference. So too is the precautionary principle. Like sustainability, the precautionary principle is neither a well defined principle nor a stable concept. It h...

The Qualitative Revolution and Psychology Science , Politics , and Ethics

Growing interest in qualitative research methods and methodological pluralism in psychology since the 1990s is placed in the historical contexts of long-standing philosophical and scientific rationales and the more recent ‘‘qualitative revolution’’ in other social sciences that began in the 1970s. An examination of areas in which qualitative methods have become most strongly established—applied...

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Nudge politics: efficacy and ethics

Nudge politics capitalize on psychological insights on human behavior to inform central policies. The scope for such policies to bring about large improvements in individual behavior for relatively little cost has captured the imagination of governments worldwide. “Nudging” involves using choice architecture—the ways decisions are framed or presented—to modify choosers’ behavior (Thaler and Sun...

Balancing science, ethics and politics: stem cell research, a paradigm case.

Abortion politics, science, and research ethics: take down the wall of separation.