Science Ethics

Science under the microscope

Ethical questions can arise over the nature of science and the way scientists work.

For instance:

• How do scientists produce evidence for a theory?
• What pressures do they work under?
• Can scientists influence their results? Do they? Should they?
• How much confidence can we have in their findings?
• What is the probability that their latest theory is correct?

These pages unpick some of these issues for you.

• What is scientific evidence
• Social influences on scientists
• The experimenter effect
• Understanding the maths