A Tapestry of Values

By Kevin C. Elliott,

Book cover of A Tapestry of Values: An Introduction to Values in Science

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The role of values in scientific research has become an important topic of discussion in both scholarly and popular debates. Pundits across the political spectrum worry that research on topics like climate change, evolutionary theory, vaccine safety, and genetically modified foods has become overly politicized. At the same time, it…

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“Science doesn’t care what you believe” has become a slogan meant to point out that science is objective. Yet science is influenced by social and cultural values—by what we believe and what we think is important—in many ways.

This approachable book outlines how values can influence science, describing when that influence is okay and when it’s not. 

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