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- This meant that social and ethical values had a legitimate role in deciding whether a scientific claim is sufficiently justified—the determination of sufficient justification can include social and ethical values weighing the importance of a mistake and whether we have enough evidence to consider such a risk worth worrying about.
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Apr 25, 2023 · In short, there are at least three vitally important locations for social and ethical values to influence the practice of science: (1) in deciding which research to pursue; (2) in deciding which methodologies to employ; and (3) in deciding whether the evidence we have is sufficient for a scientific claim.
I highlight the necessity of social and ethical value judgments in science, particularly for producing properly responsible research. I then examine the implications of the need for values to inform scientific practice for public trust in science.
Apr 12, 2002 · Study of the social dimensions of scientific knowledge encompasses the effects of scientific research on human life and social relations, the effects of social relations and values on scientific research, and the social aspects of inquiry itself.
Critics of the value-free ideal for science initially pointed out how values (particularly social and ethical values) influence the practice and products of science, because science is performed by humans.
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Jun 1, 2019 · Throughout much of the 20th century, philosophers of science maintained a position known as the value-free ideal, which holds that non-epistemic (e.g., moral, social, political, or economic) values should not influence the evaluation and acceptance of scientific results.
May 1, 2020 · We contrast social values (as defined above) with scientific criteria, which we understand as epistemic values or values that in some way promote truth (Steel, 2010). We take the term ‘value judgment’ to denote social value judgment.
