Article ID: CBB220291255

What Does Good Science-Based Advice to Politics Look Like? (2022)

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I address options for providing scientific policy advice and explore the relation between scientific knowledge and political, economic and moral values. I argue that such nonepistemic values are essential for establishing the significance of questions and the relevance of evidence, while, on the other hand, such social choices are the prerogative of society. This tension can be resolved by recognizing social values and identifying them as separate premises or as commissions while withholding commitment to them, and by elaborating a plurality of policy packages that envisage the implementation of different social goals. There are limits to upholding the value-free ideal in scientific research. But by following the mentioned strategy, science can give useful policy advice by leaving the value-free ideal largely intact. Such scientific restraint avoids the risk of appearing to illegitimately impose values on the public and could make the advice given more trustworthy.

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Authors & Contributors
Kurtulmus, A Faik
Irzik, Gürol
Shaw, Jamie
Kaldewey, David
Ficarra, Pietro
Torruella, Rafael A.
Concepts
Science and society
Public policy
Science and politics
Science and government
Technology and society
Democracy
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Queensland (Australia)
Sweden
Spain
Italy
France
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