Philosophy as Diplomacy by A. Pablo Iannone (Atlantic Highlands, NJ/Amherst, NY: Humanities Press/Humanity Books, 1994) Unique in its conception of philosophy as diplomacy, this book covers wide-ranging topics and tries to establish the extent to which particular positions in moral philosophy, both recent and traditional, have practical applications to policy making. Many of the policy issues addressed are related to technological developments including fetal research, new health care technologies and genetic engineering, environmental deterioration and its relations to materials technologies, and high-tech weapons in the post-cold war international order.  But some essays go beyond technology to discuss policy-making problems concerning such issues as objectivity in news reporting, in policy-making, and in theory formation; the application of rational choice, game, and social choice theory to the actual world of politics; and moral and political issues concerning civil rights, preferential treatment, and abortion. "Iannone concerns himself, in a great variety of topical illustrations, as much with what philosophy can do as with what it can say. What it can do is negotiate fruitful attention to whatever slows up agreement on policies, and equally to whatever intimates shipwreck for agreements that come too fast. This is the most comprehensive and, on every topic, the most energetic contribution to applied philosophy so far." David Braybrooke, The Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin Press Here to Contact the Publisher about This Book Press Here for a List of Works by A. Pablo Iannone Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.global1shopping.com www.global-publications.com www.global1business.com