The Ambivalence of the Scientific Ethos Is Irresistible
Ambivalence of the scientific ethos (R. Merton) today is still a topical issue under the escalation of contradictions between science and society. The autonomy of science, the solidarity of scientists in the face of internal and external challenges are the issues decisions of which are burdened by a...
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| description | Ambivalence of the scientific ethos (R. Merton) today is still a topical issue under the escalation of contradictions between science and society. The autonomy of science, the solidarity of scientists in the face of internal and external challenges are the issues decisions of which are burdened by a number of antinomies such as “profession – vocation”, “individual – collective” and “a priori – a posteriori”. Is it possible to rid the ethics of science, designed to develop and represent moral norms for the scientific community, from this ambivalence? The article offers a sketch of the ethics of science, combining virtue epistemology with some ideas of J. Rawls and W. Pareto. It shows that the ethical assessment is irreparably present in the structure of roles and statuses in the scientific community, and epistemic virtues are intertwined with moral ones. In terms of this, ambivalence is a form of problematization inherent in any ethical discourse. Hence the task of the ethics of science is not to prescribe norms of behavior to a particular agent, but to explicate conditions of moral freedom. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bb722de854f147d690cf5521c4e4d8a52025-02-01T13:14:29ZengMoscow Polytechnic UniversityВысшее образование в России0869-36172072-04592021-05-01304364810.31992/0869-3617-2021-30-4-36-481771The Ambivalence of the Scientific Ethos Is IrresistibleI. Т. Kasavin0RAS Institute of Philosophy, Moscow, RussiaAmbivalence of the scientific ethos (R. Merton) today is still a topical issue under the escalation of contradictions between science and society. The autonomy of science, the solidarity of scientists in the face of internal and external challenges are the issues decisions of which are burdened by a number of antinomies such as “profession – vocation”, “individual – collective” and “a priori – a posteriori”. Is it possible to rid the ethics of science, designed to develop and represent moral norms for the scientific community, from this ambivalence? The article offers a sketch of the ethics of science, combining virtue epistemology with some ideas of J. Rawls and W. Pareto. It shows that the ethical assessment is irreparably present in the structure of roles and statuses in the scientific community, and epistemic virtues are intertwined with moral ones. In terms of this, ambivalence is a form of problematization inherent in any ethical discourse. Hence the task of the ethics of science is not to prescribe norms of behavior to a particular agent, but to explicate conditions of moral freedom.https://vovr.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2739ethics of scienceambivalencevirtue epistemologyautinomyprofession – vocationindividual – collectivea priori – a posteriorimoral freedom |
| spellingShingle | I. Т. Kasavin The Ambivalence of the Scientific Ethos Is Irresistible Высшее образование в России ethics of science ambivalence virtue epistemology autinomy profession – vocation individual – collective a priori – a posteriori moral freedom |
| title | The Ambivalence of the Scientific Ethos Is Irresistible |
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| topic | ethics of science ambivalence virtue epistemology autinomy profession – vocation individual – collective a priori – a posteriori moral freedom |
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