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1. Cover
2. Title page
3. Copyright
4. Preface
5. Table of contents
6. About the Author
7. Introduction
   1. 0.1. Ethics interventions as advice
   2. 0.2. Conceptual cartography of roles for ethics advisors
   3. 0.3. Ethics advice contested: antagonistic challenges of populism
   4. 0.4. Ethics advice is orientational
   5. 0.5. Ethics advice assists public reasoning to orientate
   6. 0.6. Three forms of professional ethics engagement
   7. 0.7. Structure of the argumentation
   8. Literature
8. 1. Ethics and public policy: A short case study
   1. 1.1. Public policy-making and the primacy of politics
   2. 1.2. Pluralism in open democracies
   3. 1.3. The antagonistic challenge
   4. 1.4. Looking forward
   5. Literature
9. PART I: FOUR IDEAL-TYPICAL ETHICS ROLES IN DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC REASONING
10. 2. A conceptual cartography: Four ideal-typical roles for ethicists1
    1. 2.1. Roles for scientists in policy-making
    2. 2.2. Translating roles into ethics
    3. 2.3. Four roles for ethicists
    4. 2.4. Conclusion
    5. Literature
11. 3. The ethics advocate: Enriching the debate with a theoretical perspective
    1. 3.1. Is ‘infanticide’ a utilitarian policy proposal?
    2. 3.2. Controversy and the role of ethicists
    3. 3.3. Ethics advocacy and policy-making
    4. 3.4. The ethics advocate: Enriching policy debates
    5. 3.5. Lessons beyond this role
    6. Literature
12. 4. Ethics facilitator: Strengthening public reasoning
    1. 4.1. Food policy and chlorinated chicken
    2. 4.2. Stakeholders and values
    3. 4.3. Providing context
    4. 4.4. Ethics facilitator: Strengthening public reasoning
    5. 4.5. Lessons beyond this role
    6. Literature
13. 5. Engaged philosopher: Finding common ground
    1. 5.1. Animal experimentation as policy conflict
    2. 5.2. Animal experimentation as reflective practice
    3. 5.3. Public reasoning at two levels
    4. 5.4. The engaged philosopher: Finding common ground
    5. 5.5. Lessons beyond this role
    6. Literature
14. PART II: ORIENTING PUBLIC REASONING TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC ETHOS
15. 6. Preserving democratic public reasoning
    1. 6.1. Democratic ethos as public morality
    2. 6.2. The internal dynamic of a democratic ethos
    3. 6.3. Democratic public reasoning
    4. Literature
16. 7. Philosophical reflection in orientational ethics
    1. 7.1. Assimilation in morality
    2. 7.2. Acquisition: Developing ethical theories
    3. 7.3. Appropriation: Constituting philosophical reflectivity
    4. 7.4. Moral philosophy in orientational ethics
    5. Literature
17. PART III: A ROADMAP FOR ETHICS ADVICE
18. 8. A roadmap for ethics advice for public policy
    1. 8.1. Ethics advice explicates normativity in public reasoning
    2. 8.2. Ethics advice engages with democratic dynamics
    3. 8.3. Ethics advice orients democratic public reasoning
19. Post script: A future for ethics advice?
20. Acknowledgments
21. Index
22. About the Team
23. This book need not end here…
24. You may also be interested in:
25. Back cover

Headings Outline

• ORIENTING PUBLIC POLICY
• Orienting Public Policy
  • Ethicists in Democratic Public Reasoning
    • Frans W.A. Brom
• Preface
• Table of contents
• About the Author
• Introduction
  • 0.1. Ethics interventions as advice
  • 0.2. Conceptual cartography of roles for ethics advisors
  • 0.3. Ethics advice contested: antagonistic challenges of populism
  • 0.4. Ethics advice is orientational
  • 0.5. Ethics advice assists public reasoning to orientate
  • 0.6. Three forms of professional ethics engagement
    • Explicating the moral aspects in public reasoning
    • Engaging with the dynamics of public reasoning
    • Orienting democratic public reasoning
  • 0.7. Structure of the argumentation
  • Literature
• 1. Ethics and public policy: A short case study
  • 1.1. Public policy-making and the primacy of politics
  • 1.2. Pluralism in open democracies
    • 1.2.1. Pluralist democracy
    • 1.2.2. Pluralist ethics
  • 1.3. The antagonistic challenge
  • 1.4. Looking forward
  • Literature
• Part I: Four Ideal-Typical Ethics Roles in Democratic Public Reasoning
• 2. A conceptual cartography: Four ideal-typical roles for ethicists1
  • 2.1. Roles for scientists in policy-making
  • 2.2. Translating roles into ethics
  • 2.3. Four roles for ethicists
    • 2.3.1. Pure philosopher
    • 2.3.2. Ethics advocate
    • 2.3.3. Ethics facilitator
    • 2.3.4. Engaged philosopher
  • 2.4. Conclusion
  • Literature
• 3. The ethics advocate: Enriching the debate with a theoretical perspective
  • 3.1. Is ‘infanticide’ a utilitarian policy proposal?
  • 3.2. Controversy and the role of ethicists
  • 3.3. Ethics advocacy and policy-making
  • 3.4. The ethics advocate: Enriching policy debates
  • 3.5. Lessons beyond this role
  • Literature
• 4. Ethics facilitator: Strengthening public reasoning
  • 4.1. Food policy and chlorinated chicken
  • 4.2. Stakeholders and values
    • 4.2.1. Who are the relevant societal actors?
    • 4.2.2. What are the values at stake in this policy question?
    • 4.2.3. Applying the matrix
  • 4.3. Providing context
    • 4.3.1. What is at stake in the public policy discussion?
    • 4.3.2. What are the relevant social-historical contexts?27
    • 4.3.3. What are the relevant juridico-political contexts?
    • 4.3.4. What are the relevant facts?
    • 4.3.5. Answering the six questions
  • 4.4. Ethics facilitator: Strengthening public reasoning
  • 4.5. Lessons beyond this role
  • Literature
• 5. Engaged philosopher: Finding common ground
  • 5.1. Animal experimentation as policy conflict
    • 5.1.1. Moral status and the need for some deliberative space
    • 5.1.2. Reconstructing the problem in ideal-typical perspectives
  • 5.2. Animal experimentation as reflective practice
  • 5.3. Public reasoning at two levels
  • 5.4. The engaged philosopher: Finding common ground
  • 5.5. Lessons beyond this role
  • Literature
• Part II: Orienting public reasoning towards a democratic ethos
• 6. Preserving democratic public reasoning
  • 6.1. Democratic ethos as public morality
    • 6.1.1. The notion of public morality
    • 6.1.2. A shared public morality?
    • 6.1.3. Dynamics in public morality
    • 6.1.4. Democratic ethos: social, discursive and dynamic
  • 6.2. The internal dynamic of a democratic ethos
    • 6.2.1. Essentially contested democracy
    • 6.2.2. The anti-inegalitarian root of democracy
    • 6.2.3. Human dignity in a democracy under the rule of law
  • 6.3. Democratic public reasoning
  • Literature
• 7. Philosophical reflection in orientational ethics
  • 7.1. Assimilation in morality
  • 7.2. Acquisition: Developing ethical theories
  • 7.3. Appropriation: Constituting philosophical reflectivity
    • 7.3.1. An idea of a moral theory
    • 7.3.2. Moral theory as philosophical reflectivity
  • 7.4. Moral philosophy in orientational ethics
  • Literature
• Part III: A roadmap for ethics advice
• 8. A roadmap for ethics advice for public policy
  • 8.1. Ethics advice explicates normativity in public reasoning
    • 1. What is at stake in the policy debate?
    • 2. What is the background of the policy?
    • 3. What are the relevant juridico-political contexts?
    • 4. Who are the relevant societal actors?
    • 5. Which value perspectives are relevant?
    • 6. What are the relevant facts?
    • 7. What ethical reflection is already available?
  • 8.2. Ethics advice engages with democratic dynamics
    • 1. Are there clear normative directions?
    • 2. Can disagreement be reframed productively?
    • 3. To what extent is substantive agreement possible?
    • 4. What could function as a tolerable solution?
    • 5. Does ethics keep enough critical distance?
  • 8.3. Ethics advice orients democratic public reasoning
    • 1. Which notion of ‘public’ orients public reasoning?
    • 2. Does equality orient public reasoning?
    • 3. Does dignity orient public reasoning?
    • 4. Does the democratic rule of law orient public reasoning?
    • 5. Does philosophical-ethical analysis provide orientation to public reasoning?
    • 6. Does reflective communality provide orientation to public reasoning?
• Post script: A future for ethics advice?
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Team
• This book need not end here…
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