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Provokativ offentlig filosofi
Author(s) -
Aksel Braanen Sterri
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
etikk i praksis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1890-4009
pISSN - 1890-3991
DOI - 10.5324/eip.v12i2.2539
Subject(s) - philosophy , argumentation theory , epistemology
En uttalelse om at personer med Downs syndrom ikke kan leve fullverdige liv, satte i gang en stor og opphetet debatt i den norske offentligheten i 2017. Denne ga opphav til en mer overordnet debatt om hva akademikere bør og ikke bør si i offentligheten. En viss form for offentlig filosofi, det jeg vil kalle provokativ offentlig filosofi, er blitt utpekt som synder. I denne artikkelen vil jeg, med utgangspunkt i debatten om fullverdige liv, forsvare provokativ offentlig filosofi mot både epistemiske og etiske innvendinger. Nøkkelord: Filosofisk argumentasjon, offentlig debatt, offentlig filosofi, sorteringssamfunnet, Downs syndrom, fullverdige liv, eugenikk English summary: Provocative Public Philosophy In 2017, I argued that people with Down syndrome cannot live full lives. This sparked a heated debated in the Norwegian public sphere. This gave rise to a debate over what academics should and should not say in public. A certain form of public philosophy, what I will call provocative public philosophy, was criticized for being harmful, imperialistic, for eroding trust in philosophers, and for creating too much noise. In this article I will, in light of the Down syndrome debate, defend provocative public philosophy against these allegations.  Keywords: Philosophical argumentation, public debate, public philosophy, Down syndrome, eugenics

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