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- Brings together findings from the philosophy of science and from studies on policy advice in a clear and systematic overview
- Argues that ethical judgment in scientific policy advice is inevitable
- Examines what kind of value decisions an expert advisor in the field of Policy analysis and Public Administration has to make
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- scientific policy advice
- scientific integrity
- research ethics
- Ethics
- policy advisors
- decision making in science
- Policy Analysis
- Max Weber
- Value freedom
- Neutrality
- Inconvenient truth
- Epistemological Values
- Social Values
- Democracy
- deontological
- utilitarian
- Virtue ethics
- academic citizen
- Scientific practice
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute for Management Research, Department of Public Administration, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Berry Tholen
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Virtue and Responsibility in Policy Research and Advice
Authors: Berry Tholen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65253-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65252-8Published: 20 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87984-0Published: 15 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65253-5Published: 06 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 111
Topics: Public Policy, Public Administration, Research Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Governance and Government