An Essay on the Intrinsic Relationship between Social Facts and Moral Questions
Rawls, A.Warfield.
Canadian Review of Sociology 54(4): 392-404
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1755-6171
PMID: 29120105
DOI: 10.1111/cars.12167
Accession: 059360477
Value neutrality and science are often equated. This paper argues that the work of doing science and engaging in scientific practices with meaningful objects depend on social facts which have moral prerequisites and are not value neutral.