Deliberative Democracy for the Future: The Case of Nuclear Waste Management in Canada Book

Acknowledgments     vii
Abbreviations     ix
Introduction     3
Ethical Policy Analysis and Its Importance     7
Risk, Uncertainty, and Futurity     7
Positivism and the Rise of Non-positivist Critique     11
The Ethical Primacy of Justice and Legitimacy     17
Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Policy: A Discourse of Two Coalitions     24
Aikin Report and Seaborn Panel     25
Government Response, Policy Framework, and Nuclear Fuel Waste Act     28
The NWMO's National Consultation Process     31
Ethical Issues in Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Policy     34
Future Generations     35
Safety and Risk     37
Burdens and Benefits     40
Inclusion and Empowerment     44
Accountability and Oversight     47
Criteria for Ethical Policy Analysis     52
Ethical Schools: Welfare Utilitarianism, Modern Deontology, and Deliberative Democracy     55
Welfare Utilitarianism     55
Modern Deontology     69
Deliberative Democracy     79
The Promises and Pitfalls of Deliberative Democratic Policy Analysis     95
The NWMO's National Consultation ProcessEvaluated     96
Inclusion     97
Equality     99
Reciprocity     101
Precaution     102
Agreement     103
Lessons from Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management     106
Conclusion     110
Notes     113
Bibliography     147
Index     167