How Politics Deals with Expert Dissent: The Case of Ethics Councils

• Published in: Science, technology, & human values Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 888 - 914
• Main Authors: Bogner, Alexander, Menz, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications 01.11.2010; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Austria; Bioethics; Councils; Decision making; Discourse ethics; Dissent; Ethical dilemmas; Ethical standards; Ethics; Europe; Experts; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Germany; Governance; Legitimacy; Media ethics; Morality; Policy making; Political debate; Political ethics; Politics; Power; Research ethics; Science and technology; Scientific ethics; Scientists; Social ethics; Stem cell research; Stem cells; Technology; United States; Warnings; Germany; public bioethics; ethics commissions; ethics expertise; science and technology controversies; ethicization

Over recent years, science and technology have been reassessed increasingly in ethical terms. Particularly for life science governance, ethics has become the dominant discourse. In the course of this "ethical turn" national ethics councils were set up throughout Europe and in the United St...