Was Science’s Social Contract “Just a Myth”?
Автор: Issues in Science and Technology
Загружено: 2025-12-02
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If the public funds science and gives it autonomy to govern itself, then benefits such as economic growth, innovation, and national security will follow “almost automatically.” This unwritten social contract was long thought to underpin policymakers’ relationship to the scientific enterprise, but the administration’s cuts to science funding and mass federal agency layoffs suggest the pact’s days are over.
But was the social contract actually good for science—and the public that funded it? Philosopher Heather Douglas says that “the social contract was a useful myth, but it was corrosive for the relationship between science, politics, and publics.” And political scientist David Guston has argued that the contract died long ago. On November 20th at 3:00 PM ET, join us for a virtual conversation on the legacy of the social contract, and what its role might be in the future of the scientific enterprise.
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