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A second answer to the problems summarized in Chap. 6 involves deciding democratically on value issues in science and scientific advice. Such a democratic solution might take many forms and follow different ideals of representation. However, no democratic arrangement will be able to remove all of the decision-making tasks from the shoulders of scientific advisors. In fact, democratization creates new non-epistemological choices for scientists, for instance on tutoring laypersons on scientific choices.
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Tholen, B. (2018). Solving the Issue by Bringing in Democracy. In: Virtue and Responsibility in Policy Research and Advice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65253-5_8
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