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This book provides an easily accessible introduction to the roles that values play in scientific research. It examines case studies from a wide variety of research areas, and it highlights multiple strategies for fostering engagement between stakeholders so that value influences can be identified and subjected to critical scrutiny.
A Tapestry of Values: an introduction to values in Science is a must-have book for those who use or teach any aspect of science. Tapestry will help people learn to recognize the presence of values in science, and assess their impact and legitimacy. By doing so, we will be able to have a much richer and more meaningful and productive conversation about how science can help us to achieve better societies, and we will be able to carry out scientific practices more responsibly in pursuit of this aim.
Kevin C. Elliott's new book, A Tapestry of Values: An Introduction to Values in Science ...is an exemplar, I think, of a lucid, engaging, and accessible introduction to a topic that is not only philosophically interesting, but also highly practically relevant and socially important...a must-have book for those who use or teach any aspect of science.
Kevin Elliott is an Associate Professor in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, and the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the author of Is a Little Pollution Good for You? Incorporating Societal Values in Environmental Research (Oxford University Press, 2011), and his work in the philosophy of science and practical ethics has been published in a wide range of academic journals and edited books.