Science and Moral Imagination A New Ideal for Values in Science

The idea that science is or should be value-free, and that values are or should be formed independently of science, has been under fire by philosophers of science for decades. Science and Moral Imagination directly challenges the idea that science and values cannot and should not influence each othe...

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Main Author: Brown, Matthew J. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh Press 2020
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