The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-74413-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Kevin C.

Richards, Ted

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin C. Elliott is a 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. He is the author of 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 an Academic Specialist in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the editor of Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (2010), Exploring Inductive Risk (2017), and The Rightful Place of Science: Science, Values and Democracy (2021).