Bøger i Science, Values, and the Public serien

The idea that science is or should be value-free, and that values are or should be formed independently of science, has been under fire by philosophers of science for decades. Science and Moral Imagination directly challenges the idea that science and values cannot and should not influence each other.

A nuanced analysis of perceptions about the relationship between evolutionary science, religion, and personal belief.

Illuminates the importance of the early history of cloning for the biosciences and their institutional, disciplinary, and intellectual contexts.

The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. Goldenberg ultimately reframes vaccine hesitancy as a crisis of public trust rather than a war on science, arguing that having good scientific support of vaccine efficacy and safety is not enough.