Abstract
Science and ethics have a complex relation. They cannot easily be separated. Although pleas for completely autonomous science as well as for extreme ethical dirigism still occur, an interaction model for science and ethics is more and more widely propagated. This model is not only presented as characteristic of the factual relation, but also as desirable, that is, in the interest of science and society, of course, under rationally defensible conditions. It concerns in particular moral dilemmas with respect to:
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Incorruptible professional behavior in scientific research.
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The present and future well-being of humans and (laboratory, domestic, and wild) animals and the state of their environment.
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The communication between science and society.
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These terms are a variant of those proposed by Abrahamsen (1987).
Bechtel describes extensively the development of the so-called prototype theory of concepts, originating with Wittgenstein and Rosch, also mentioned by Burton (1993) for similar purposes. It is an interfield research program linking philosophy, linguistics, psychology and cultural anthropology.
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Kuipers, T.A.F. (2001). ‘Default-Norms’ in Research Ethics. In: Structures in Science. Synthese Library, vol 301. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9739-5_13
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