title: The role of non-epistemic values in engineering models.
abstract: We argue that non-epistemic values, including moral ones, play an important role in the construction and choice of models in science and engineering. Our main claim is that non-epistemic values are not only "secondary values" that become important just in case epistemic values leave some issues open. Our point is, on the contrary, that non-epistemic values are as important as epistemic ones when engineers seek to develop the best model of a process or problem. The upshot is that models are neither value-free, nor depend exclusively on epistemic values or use non-epistemic values as tie-breakers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy and Ethics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. s.diekmann@tue.nl
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diekmann
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D004738:Engineering / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009014:Morals; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values