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Kitcher, Philip
Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University
Print publication date: 2001 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: November 2003 Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514583-0 |
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doi:10.1093/0195145836.003.0008
Abstract: Freedom of inquiry is often touted as an unimpeachable virtue. This chapter examines a type of situation in which there seems to be a moral imperative not to pursue certain lines of research. It argues that the imperative is genuine, but that there is no good argument for censorship.
Keywords: inquiry, race, scientific research, sex differences,
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