The normative force of scientific consensus historically depends on its perceived insulation from interest-laden reasoning, so legitimising internal value-ladenness is self-undermining institutionally.
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(Used to describe what Korsgaard's account aims to explain)
The property in virtue of which an agent's reasons are binding on the agent.
value-ladenness(Illustrated by multiple comparative psychology experiments where human-favorable interpretations were applied to results that could equally support chimpanzee superiority.)
The property of scientific interpretations whereby pre-existing values or assumptions — such as the presumed superiority of one species — shape how empirical results are framed and communicated, even when the data are consistent with alternative interpretations.