Current Controversies in Values and Science

List of Contributors

Introduction: Values and Science: Current Controversies

Kevin C. Elliott and Daniel Steel

Part I - Epistemic Values: Can We Distinguish Epistemic from Non-Epistemic Values?

1 Distinguishing Between Cognitive and Social Values

Hugh Lacey

2 The Borderlands Between Epistemic and Non-Epistemic Values

Phyllis Rooney

Part II - Epistemic Priority: Must Science Be Committed to Prioritizing Epistemic over Non-Epistemic Values?

3 Qualified Epistemic Priority: Comparing Two Approaches to Values in Science

Daniel Steel

4 Values in Science: Against Epistemic Priority

Matthew J. Brown

Part III - Inductive Risk: Does the Argument from Inductive Risk Justify Incorporating Non-Epistemic Values in Scientific Reasoning?

5 Why Inductive Risk Requires Values in Science

Heather Douglas

6 Why the Argument from Inductive Risk Doesn’t Justify Incorporating Non-Epistemic Values in Scientific Reasoning

Gregor Betz

Part IV - Diversity: Can Social Diversity Be Best Incorporated into Science by Adopting the Social Value Management Ideal?

7 Can Social Diversity Be Best Incorporated into Science by Adopting the Social Value Management Ideal?

Kristina Rolin

8 Feminism, Values, and the Bias Paradox: Why Value Management Is Not Sufficient

Kristen Intemann

Part V - Democracy: To Ensure That Scientific Institutions Serve Values of Social Justice and Democracy, Should Biomedical Research Be Socialized?

9 Socializing Medical Research

James Robert Brown

10 Meanwhile, Why Not Biomedical Capitalism?

Julian Reiss

Suggestions for Further Reading

Supplemental Guide to Further Controversies

Index