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    Scientific statements become value-laden when they bear o... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Many scientific statements appear value-free only because their truth or falsity does not matter to us

    Scientific statements become value-laden when they bear on human interests

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    Indeed, John Dupré has argued that thick ethical terms are ineliminable from science, at least certain parts of it (Dupré 2007). Dupré’s point is essentially that scientific hypotheses and results concern us because they are relevant to human interests, and thus they will necessarily be couched in a language that uses thick ethical terms. While it will often be possible to translate ethically thick descriptions into neutral ones, the translation cannot be made without losses, and these losses ob

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