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work_4s7csdnefvg5njpbktquxb3gou	Gregor Betz	In defence of the value free ideal	2013	14	.pdf	application/pdf	7046	516	54	Abstract The ideal of value free science states that the justification of scientific findings should not be based on non-epistemic (e.g. moral or political) values. Keywords Value free science · Inductive risks · Uncertainty · Scientific policy However, the ideal of value free science has been at the heart of various controversies which have raged since at least Max Weber's publications and involved philosophers and social scientists alike. value-laden decisions can be systematically avoided, it argues, by making uncertainties explicit and articulating findings carefully. value-laden decisions can be systematically avoided, it argues, by making uncertainties explicit and articulating findings carefully. line of argument, which yields a second type of methodological critique.12 The second version, too, takes off from the premiss that policy-relevant scientific findings referring to value-free scientific advice in the face of uncertainty, as formulations like scientists "passing While scientific policy advice should be guided by the ideal of value free science, the	./cache/work_4s7csdnefvg5njpbktquxb3gou.pdf	./txt/work_4s7csdnefvg5njpbktquxb3gou.txt