Objectivity and Intellectual Humility in Scientific Research: They’re Harder Than You Think

We begin from the assumption that where scientific research will predictably be used to affect things of moral significance in world, you have a special duty, duty care, ‘get it right’. This, we argue, requires kind objectivity, ‘objectivity found’. What is that’s found? In any endeavour, should make all reasonable efforts find right methods get results serve purposes at stake and neither exaggerate nor underestimate credibility what done. That, take it, this context constitutes objectivity intellectual humility. But your more demanding duty: right’ about endeavour serve. Often most morally significant are those ‘go without saying’ because they not said, can too easily overlook them, sometimes cost even human lives. illustrate with example Vajont dam design flawed modelling resulted Hillsborough football disaster.