The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science
1st Edition
Published on 4. May 2026
552 pages
978-1-040-50449-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first-ever handbook to cover the vibrant philosophical literature on values and science.
Its 45 chapters-appearing in print here for the first time-were written by a distinguished, international group of contributors and have been organized into six parts that explore the many ways in which ethics, values, and social considerations relate to the practices and content of the sciences:
Theoretical Background on Values and Science
Managing Values in Science
Values, Science, and Democracy
Values, Science, Institutions, and Organizations
Values in Scientific Activities
Values in Specific Sciences
Published at a time of increasing concerns about misinformation, polarization, and lack of reproducibility in science, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how science can be made more ethically and socially responsible.
The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science is designed to be an accessible resource not only for philosophers but also for scientists, policy makers, science communicators, and scholars from other science-studies fields.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Its 45 chapters-appearing in print here for the first time-were written by a distinguished, international group of contributors and have been organized into six parts that explore the many ways in which ethics, values, and social considerations relate to the practices and content of the sciences:
Theoretical Background on Values and Science
Managing Values in Science
Values, Science, and Democracy
Values, Science, Institutions, and Organizations
Values in Scientific Activities
Values in Specific Sciences
Published at a time of increasing concerns about misinformation, polarization, and lack of reproducibility in science, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how science can be made more ethically and socially responsible.
The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science is designed to be an accessible resource not only for philosophers but also for scientists, policy makers, science communicators, and scholars from other science-studies fields.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
File size
18,50 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-50449-9 (9781040504499)
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Kevin C. Elliott | Ted Richards
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Persons
Kevin C. Elliott is Red Cedar Distinguished Professor with joint appointments in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. His books include Values in Science (2022), A Tapestry of Values: An Introduction to Values in Science (2017), and Is a Little Pollution Good for You? Incorporating Societal Values in Environmental Research (2011).
Ted Richards is Academic Specialist in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the editor of The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values and Democracy (2021), Exploring Inductive Risk (2017) with Kevin C. Elliott, and Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (2010).
Ted Richards is Academic Specialist in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the editor of The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values and Democracy (2021), Exploring Inductive Risk (2017) with Kevin C. Elliott, and Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (2010).
Content
1. An Introduction to Values and Science Part 1. Theoretical Background on Values and Science 2. Feminist Challenges to the Value-Free Ideal of Science 3. Standpoint Theory 4. Values and Objectivity 5. Arguments Against the Value-Free Ideal 6. Recent Arguments for the Ideal of Value-Free Science 7. What Does It Mean to Say that Science is Value-Laden? 8. Aesthetic Values in Science: Contemporary Debates 9. Representational Risk Revisited Part 2. Managing Values in Science 10. Reflecting on Responses to the New Demarcation Problem 11. An Intermediate Approach to Value Management 12. Democracy, Consensus, and the Value-Free Ideal 13. Critical Contextual Empiricism 14. Values in Global Science and the Relevance of Geographic Diversity 15. The Limits of Diversity in Science: The Case of Human Microbiome Research 16. Transparency in Science Part 3. Values, Science, and Democracy 17. Scientific Knowledge as a Public Resource: Arguments and Challenges for a Democratic Approach to Values in Science 18. Measuring the Public's Values: Are the Data Adequate for Purpose? 19. FDA Evidentiary Standards and the Need to Attend to Stakeholders' Values 20. Science and Democracy 21. Science and Religion in a Democratic Society 22. Values in Science in Nondemocratic Contexts 23. Science and Social Justice 24. Algorithmic Abolitionism and The Racial Algorithm Part 4. Values, Science, Institutions, and Organizations 25. The Values of Science Funding Institutions 26. Values and Industry-Funded Research 27. Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value-Influences in Science 28. Networks and Values 29. Valuing Partnerships in Agricultural Genomics Research: Using More Empirically Informed Philosophical Approaches to Advance the Science and Values Debates 30. Values and Assessment Reports on Climate Change 31. Indigenous Peoples' Leadership in Environmental Science Assessments 32. Controversies in Vaccine Policy 33. Values and Dual Use Biomedical Research Part 5. Values in Scientific Activities 34. Values and Measurement 35. Science, Values, and Race Correction 36. Value Overlaps in Transdisciplinary and Intercultural Collaborations 37. Tragedy or Transition? How Science and Values Matter for Climate Change Frames 38. Values in Science Communication Models 39. Values in Research Ethics Education Part 6. Values in Specific Sciences 40. "Every Cell has a Sex": Sex Essentialism in Biomedical Research 41. Values in Human Genomics 42. Philosophical Approaches to Values in Climate Science 43. The Power of Value-Laden Framing: Examples from Wildlife Conservation Research 44. Values in Economics 45. Artificial Intelligence: Values, Governance, and Policy
