Schroeder, S. Andrew (2018) A Better Foundation for Public Trust in Science. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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There is a growing consensus among philosophers of science that core parts of the scientific process involve non-epistemic values. This undermines the traditional foundation for public trust in science. In this paper I consider two proposals for justifying public trust in value-laden science. According to the first, scientists can promote trust by being transparent about their value choices. On the second, trust requires that the values of a scientist align with the values of an individual member of the public. I argue that neither of these proposals work and suggest an alternative that does better: when scientists must appeal to values in the course of their research, they should appeal to democratic values, the values of the public or its representatives.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Schroeder, S. Andrew aschroeder@cmc.edu 0000-0001-7305-3283
Keywords:	trust, values in science, transparency, democratic values
Subjects:	General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Andrew Schroeder
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2018 03:29
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2018 03:29
Item ID:	14810
Subjects:	General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Science vs. Pseudoscience General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	June 2018
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14810

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