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Scientific Values and Civic Virtues (Hardcover, New)
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Scientific Values and Civic Virtues (Hardcover, New)
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This volume of contributed essays, a follow-up to Noretta Koertge's
successful book on the science wars, A House Built on Sand, takes
an affirming, positive view of the relationship between the values
embodied in science, and the nature of a civil society. It argues
that recent attacks on the probity of science undermine the
possibility of rational discourse in the political arena.
While science has traditionally been viewed as incorporating
intellectual virtues like honesty and precision of language, the
contributors to this volume point to additional benefits, examining
the idea that science can serve as a source of, and inspiration
for, civic virtues--in the need to be well-informed about the way
the world works, in tolerating the viewpoints of others, and in
functioning as a fully global enterprise dedicated to the public
good. The contributors--who include philosophers, political
scientists, physicists, biologists and engineers--look at examples
of scientific virtues in action and how they might be used as
inspirations and practical resources for improving civic society.
The volume will appeal to a similarly broad audience interested in
the relationship between science and society.
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