Provokativ offentlig filosofi

Authors

  • Aksel Braanen Sterri University of Oslo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v12i2.2539

Abstract

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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Author Biography

Aksel Braanen Sterri, University of Oslo

Institutt for filosofi, ide- og kunsthistorie og klassiske språk, akselbst@ifikk.uio.no

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Published

2018-11-12

How to Cite

Sterri, A. B. (2018). Provokativ offentlig filosofi. Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 12(2), 105-128. https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v12i2.2539

Issue

No. 2 (2018)

Section

Åpen del - Open section

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