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Deliberative Democracy and Precautionary Public Reasoning : Exploratory Thoughts
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
Because public policy is legally binding and,perhaps more pointedly,can have pervasive social and environmental
consequences for the autonomy of persons,it should be justifiable to those it could so affect.
What is much ...
Financing higher education : the case for a graduate tax
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
The debate whether university education should be “free” seems misconstrued. Even in a system
without tuition fees, someone will have to foot the bill. This paper argues that from the viewpoint of
justice, a strong case ...
Sustainability = Good Design
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-12)
Sustainable design is fundamentally a subset of good design.The description of good design will eventually
include criteria for the creation of a healthy environment and energy efficiency. These goals will
be achieved ...
Challenges of Deliberation and Participation
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-12)
The future of sustainability is tied to the future of our ability to manage interconnectedness and interdependence,
and thus to our abilities to engage in cooperative, value-creating public deliberations and
negotiations.To ...
On the Scope of Egalitarian Justice
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
It is not clear whether the social contract is supposed to merely supplement the unequal gains that individuals
are able to make through the exercise of their natural endowments with a set of equal gains
secured through ...