Abstract
The institutionalization of ethics and the direct influence of politics on
how ethics bodies frame their opinions have been widely recognized and explored
in the last few years. Less attention has been paid to what kind of normative
instrument ‘‘ethics’’ as an institutional phenomenon has become in the State under
the rule of law, and which institutional powers it has depended on. This paper
analyzes the rise of ethics in the European Union context, where ethics, constructed
as an isolated set of values, has been exploited for its symbolic capacity to evoke
citizenship, has become quite formalized as to certain features, and has acquired
the potential to redefine the traditional divisions of powers in the State under the
rule of law.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] Specialized knowledge between science advice and soft law: Technology assessment and ethical expertise |
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Lingua originale | Italian |
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Trattato di Biodiritto, vol. I, L'ambito e le fonti |
Editor | Stefano Rodotà, MARIACHIARA TALLACCHINI |
Pagine | 857-884 |
Numero di pagine | 28 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2010 |
Keywords
- comitati etici
- ethics committees
- rule of law
- science and law
- scienza e diritto
- stato di diritto
- technology assessment