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Science and the Politics of Hunger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Mary Tiles
Mary Tiles*
Affiliation:
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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†Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2530 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI 96822; e-mail: mtiles@hawaii.edu.
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Abstract

The problem of hunger is a problem of the inequitable distribution of food entitlements. I argue that ‘modern’ science is implicated in the current form of this problem and that it can only contribute to its resolution, rather than exacerbation, if the forms of its implication are acknowledged. But this requires acceptance of the claim that science is not value-neutral. In part this paper is also an examination, in a particular problem context, of some dimensions of disputes over the value neutrality of science.

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Symposium: Science and Social Responsibility
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 64 , Issue S4: Supplement. Proceedings of the 1996 Biennial Meetings of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers Dec., 1997 , 1997 , pp. S161 - S174
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1997

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