Virtue and Responsibility in Policy Research and Advice

• Main Author: Tholen, Berry (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Public policy.; Public administration.; Research-Moral and ethical aspects.; Philosophy and science.; Political science.; Public Policy.; Public Administration.; Research Ethics.; Philosophy of Science.; Governance and Government.

This book argues that ethical judgment by individual scientific policy advisors is more important than is often acknowledged. While many scientific policy advisors routinely present themselves as neutral or value free scientists, here is demonstrated that the ideal of scientific integrity as neutral...

Table of Contents:

• Ch 1: The ideal of value neutrality in policy research and advice - some inconvenient observations
• Ch 2: Setting the stage: Epistemological and Social values for scientific research and advice
• Ch 3: Deciding what is worth knowing
• Ch 4: Deciding on tools and risks
• Ch 5: Deciding on the advisory role
• Ch 6: Addressing non-epistemological issues
• Ch 7: Solving the issue by distinguishing types of problems
• Ch 8: Solving the issue by bringing in democracy
• Ch 9: Solving the issue by introducing principles and procedures
• Ch 10: Solving the issue by bringing virtue ethics into play
• Ch 11: Conclusion: Scientific policy advice and ethical judgment.