title: A "cohesive moral community" is already patrolling behavioral science.
abstract: Authors of non-liberal proposals experience more collegial objections than others do. These objections are often couched as criticism of determinism, reductionism, or methodological individualism, but from a scientific viewpoint such criticism could be easily answered. Underneath it is a wish to harness scientific belief in service of positive social values, at the cost of reducing objectivity.
authors.affiliation: School of Economics,University of Cape Town,Rondebosch 7710,South Africa; andDepartment of Veterans Affairs,Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Coatesville,PA 19320.George.Ainslie@va.govhttp://www.picoeconomics.org.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ainslie
mesh_terms: D001525:Behavioral Sciences; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D012586:Science; D012945:Social Values