Dans la foulée de la nouvelle politique concernant le harcèlement sexuel de la National Science Fondation (États-Unis), Yves Gingras publie un article invitant à réfléchir aux enjeux de la moralisation de l’activité scientifique sur le site de nouvelles universitaires University world News.
Nobody can seriously be against the idea of sanctioning unacceptable behaviour. However, the NSF policy directly linking the practice of science to the moral behaviour of scientists points toward a profound transformation in the relations between science and society by adding to the implicit norms of the scientific community a new form of moralisation of science.
This content has been updated on April 11th, 2019 at 13 h 43 min.