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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

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Energy •
Health Care •
Military •
Law •
Infrastructure •
Political Philosophy •
Innovation •
Privacy •
Technocracy and Expertise •
Regulation •
Public Health •
All

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Ben Peterson

How We Reason About Covid Tradeoffs

Our pandemic decisions should be about defending the dignity of suffering people, not choosing between lives and money.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Ben Peterson

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Laurence Scott

Gratuitous Display

The American diner and the viral tip

Laurence Scott

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Brendan Foht

Science as Scorekeeping

On Covid-19, America’s political leaders need to stop acting like spectators and get in the game.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Brendan Foht

Essay | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Taylor Dotson
  • Michael Bouchey

Democracy and the Nuclear Stalemate

How moving beyond the scientism of the nuclear debate could deliver a long-awaited climate breakthrough — and generate fresh ideas for a more productive politics.

Taylor Dotson and Michael Bouchey

Symposium

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring at Fifty

The Truth About DDT and Silent Spring
Reading Rachel Carson

Special Report | Winter 2012

Winter 2012

The Stem Cell Debates

Lessons for Science and Politics
Preface
The Stem Cell Debates
The Science of Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The Promise of Stem Cell Therapies
Ethical Considerations Regarding Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research Funding: Policy and Law
Overview of International Human Embryonic Stem Cell Laws

Special Series

The Coronavirus Pandemic

Visiting Grandparents Is Essential
The New Strain: How Bad Is It?
Little Data, Big Headlines
Disarming Frontline Doctors
Science as Scorekeeping
How We Reason About Covid Tradeoffs
Covid Denialists and the Fight over Liberalism
Radiation Politics in a Pandemic
Abortion and the Coronavirus Vaccine
Tribalism Comes for Pandemic Science
Squandering America’s Strength
Not as Deadly as We Thought?
Just a New York Problem?
Not Like the Flu, Not Like Car Crashes, Not Like…
Prudence in a Storm
The Impossible Ethics of Pandemic Triage
I’m Young and Healthy. If I Get Coronavirus, Will I Be Fine?
Save Lives, Ready Shovels
America’s Pandemic Data Gap
What’s the Plan?
Battlefield Promotions
“A Coronavirus Winter”: Michael T. Osterholm on the Road Ahead

Collection | Spring 2008

Spring 2008

Montesquieu and the Motives for Science

The Motives That Ought to Encourage Us to the Sciences
Montesquieu’s Popular Science

Symposium | Summer 2004

Summer 2004

Internet Pornography: An Exchange

The End of Obscenity
The Pornography Culture

Special Series

Hawthorne: Science, Progress, and Human Nature

Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Spirit of Science
Wasting the Water of Life
Artful by Nature
From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires
The Last Temptation of Science
A Far Other Butterfly
The Possibility of Progress
Love Conquers All
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