Scientific Values and Civic Virtues

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-517225-6 (ISBN)

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Takes an affirming, positive view of the relationship between the values embodied in science (such as honesty and precision of language) and the nature of civil society. This volume of essays argues that science can broadly inspire the civic virtues of an educated and tolerant global enterprise dedicated to the common good.

There has been much debate recently about the relationship between science and politics. This volume of essays takes an affirming, positive view of the relationship between the values embodied in science (such as honesty and precision of language) and the nature of civil society. The contributors - who include philosophers, political scientists, feminist theorists, physicists and engineers - argue that science can broadly inspire the civic virtues of an educated and tolerant global enterprise dedicated to the common good.

Noretta Koertge is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University and editor of A House Built on Sand (OUP, 1998).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.8.2005
Zusatzinfo	2 maps, numerous line drawings
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 156 mm
Gewicht	535 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Technik
ISBN-10	0-19-517225-6 / 0195172256
ISBN-13	978-0-19-517225-6 / 9780195172256
Zustand	Neuware