Values and Objectivity in Science

Hugh Lacey is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: The Interplay of Science and ValuesChapter 3 How the Sciences Are and Are Not Value FreeChapter 4 Objectivity and Serving Human Well-BeingChapter 5 The Distinction Between Cognitive and Social ValuesChapter 6 Incommensurability and "Multicultural Science"Chapter 7 The Social Location of Scientific PracticesPart 8 Part II: Current Controversy About Transgenic CropsChapter 9 The Controversy ABout Transgenics: Structure and Opposing InterestsChapter 10 Strategies for Research in Agricultural ScienceChapter 11 Benefits of Using TransgenicsChapter 12 Environmental Risks of the Development and Use of TransgenicsChapter 13 Alternative ("Better") Forms of FarmingPart 14 Prolegomenon to Empirical Investigation of Future Social PossibilitiesChapter 15 The Socio-Cultural Location of Alternatives to Transgenics

This book successfully combines an original account of values and objectivity in science with an application to the case of transgenic crops. It brings careful analysis to a politically charged set of issues, and shows through this case study how philosophy of science has global import.