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The structure of scientific community and its relevance to science ethics
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Özdemir, Ece Özge
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The goal of this thesis is to argue that science is not value free on the grounds of a community based account of ethics. It is the peculiar feature of this model that ethics is a limitation on individual's freedom of action, and moral norms of a community reflect the structure of the community. I endeavour to resolve the problem, on an assumption that science is an activity of scientific community, that science ethics can be derived from the internal structure of scientific community. Therefore, this thesis attempts to show the relationship between scientific community and science ethics.
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Social groups, classes.
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Professional Ethics.
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E. Ö. Özdemir, “The structure of scientific community and its relevance to science ethics,” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2006.