Is there a philosopher in the house?

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Hammond, Kenneth R.

Affiliations: Center for Research on Judgment and Policy, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. 80309, U.S.A.

Abstract: Our technological choices are at the mercy of incoherent social value systems, fact and value are often confused, and our technological expertise is squandered and discredited in fruitless and bitter dispute. That is because technical competence abounds, but philosophical competence is absent from public policy formation.

Keywords: Social values, scientific fact, social policy, philosophy

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1980-1208

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 169-171, 1980