John, Stephen (2018) Anti-anti-vaxx: the fairness-based obligation to defer to the expert consensus. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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This paper uses the case-study of controversy over the MMT vaccine to suggest that non-expert audiences might have a fairness-based "political" obligation to defer to expert scientific consensus. The first part of the paper notes various reasons why it is implausible to argue that non-experts are epistemically obliged to defer to the consensus. The second draws on the literature on vaccination ethics more generally to argue for the alternative political obligation to defer. The third section considers some objections, and the conclusion discusses how recognising such an obligation might alter contemporary debates.
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| Keywords: | Expertise; MMR vaccine; science and values; consensus; free-riding | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Stephen John | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2018 17:53 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2018 17:53 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15229 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 30 October 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15229 |
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