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dc.contributor.authorHenning, Tim-
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-06T11:15:53Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-06T11:15:53Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9627-
dc.description.abstractThis article attempts to do justice to two conflicting positions in current public debates. On the one hand, it defends a strong version of scientific freedom, according to which science should be free, not only from external obstacles and pressures but also from criticism that is based on reasons “of the wrong kind.” The only admissible criterion in debates about scientific claims, I argue, is whether there is sufficient evidence for their truth. Furthermore, I accept the anti-moralistic view that (non-)conformity with moral ideals is never itself evidence. On the other hand, the article nevertheless argues that there is a possibility of legitimate moral criticism of moral claims. This argument relies on the popular (if controversial) idea that there is pragmatic encroachment – specifically, the idea that the standard of sufficiency for evidence is in part determined by pragmatic factors like the costs of error. This opens up the door for a certain type of legitimate moral criticism. For the costs that determine a standard of sufficiency for epistemic justification can also plausibly count as morally significant. There is thus a con-contingent connection between epistemic and moral defects of certain scientific claims. The resulting view is applied to concrete debates, most importantly about race, genetics and IQ.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)|491381577|Open-Access-Publikationskosten 2022–2024 Universität Mainz - Universitätsmedizin-
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dc.rightsCC BY*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc100 Philosophiede_DE
dc.subject.ddc100 Philosophyen_GB
dc.titleWissenschaftsfreiheit, Moralische Kritik und die Kosten des Irrtumsde_DE
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9609-
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jgu.type.versionPublished versionde
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jgu.organisation.departmentFB 05 Philosophie und Philologiede
jgu.organisation.number7920-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titleErkenntnis : an international journal of scientific philosophyde
jgu.journal.volumeVersion of Record (VoR)de
jgu.publisher.year2023-
jgu.publisher.nameSpringer Science + Business Media B.V.de
jgu.publisher.placeDordrecht u.a.de
jgu.publisher.issn0165-0106de
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode100de
jgu.publisher.doi10.1007/s10670-023-00715-1de
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485-
jgu.subject.dfgLebenswissenschaftende
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