Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2005
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Values And Objectivity In Science: The Current Controversy About Transgenic Crops
Abstract
Values and Objectivity in Science illustrates many of the ethical issues that arise concerning scientific practices and applications, offering an account of how social and ethical values play important roles in science. Hugh Lacey develops and clarifies his previous analysis by arguing for the importance of research being conducted under a plurality of strategies, contrasting materialist strategies with agro-ecological strategies. By displaying the structure of current ethical controversies about the legitimacy of planting transgenic crops, this book illustrates that sound thinking on such issues must be grounded on an adequate philosophy of science, one that can clearly distinguish between the proper and the distorting roles of values in scientific practices. This book will prove useful for science students and practitioners, as well as those interested in the growing ethical questions involved in scientific practices.
Published By
Lexington Books
Recommended Citation
Hugh Lacey. (2005). Values And Objectivity In Science: The Current Controversy About Transgenic Crops.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-philosophy/88
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