%0 Journal Article
%T Savoirs experts et idiome quotidien. Biens et vertus de la conception participative des velos de quartiers ¨¤ Trois-Rivi¨¨res
%A Philippe Gauthier
%J Les Ateliers de l¡¯¨¦thique
%D 2010
%I Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al
%X This paper analyzes the development of a public bike system initiated by a civic organization that treats participation as a core principle. The analysis shows that the satisfaction of the goals pursued through the adoption of participative principles, amongst which the respect of citizens' personal experiences in the design of their world, is a difficult task. The near identity between the system designed with the help of citizens and other systems offered by large industrial companies cast doubt on the capacity of the participative principles to produce outputs that would represent genuine alternatives to careless design. The difficulty stems from the willingness to take participatory procedures as necessary conditions to the realization of democratic ideals in modern liberal societies. Putting forward principles for their own sake drives us away from the ideals of liberal democracy that promote efficiency in the actions we adopt, over and above sole obedience to a common practice.R¨¦SUM¨¦Dans ce texte, nous analysons la mise en place d¡¯un syst¨¨me de v¨¦los partag¨¦s ¨¤ Trois-Rivi¨¨res initi¨¦ par un organisme faisant de la participation citoyenne son principe fondamental d¡¯action. Cette analyse montre comment l¡¯atteinte des objectifs poursuivis par l¡¯adh¨¦sion ¨¤ ce principe participatif, outre le respect de l¡¯exp¨¦rience du citoyen dans le d¨¦veloppement de son milieu de vie, peut poser probl¨¨me. La similarit¨¦ entre le syst¨¨me de v¨¦los con u avec la participation des citoyens et les syst¨¨mes offerts par les groupes industriels met en question la capacit¨¦ du principe de la participation ¨¤ produire des solutions alternatives. La difficult¨¦ rel¨¨verait de la volont¨¦ de faire des m¨¦thodes participatives un principe n¨¦cessaire ¨¤ la r¨¦alisation des id¨¦aux d¨¦mocratiques des soci¨¦t¨¦s lib¨¦rales modernes. Promulguer l¡¯ob¨¦issance ¨¤ des proc¨¦dures d¡¯action communes, pour elles-m¨ºmes, nous ¨¦loigne d¡¯une conception lib¨¦rale de la d¨¦mocratie qui s¡¯attache d¡¯abord ¨¤ l¡¯efficacit¨¦ de l¡¯action, donc ¨¤ la qualit¨¦ de ce qu¡¯elle produit, ind¨¦pendamment des moyens mis en  uvre.
%K ethics
%K applied ethics
%K planning
%K urbanism
%U http://www.creum.umontreal.ca/IMG/pdf_07_Gauthier.pdf