Using climate policy debates as a case study, I argue that a certain response to the argument from inductive risk, the hedging defense, runs afoul of a reasonable ethical principle: the no-passing-the-buck principle according to which scientists ought to offer their scientific judgment when such judgment is both possible and needed in public policy debates.

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不确定性、价值和气候目标

使用气候政策辩论作为案例研究，我认为对归纳风险的论点的某种回应，对冲防御，违背了合理的道德原则：科学家应该提供的不推卸责任原则当在公共政策辩论中这种判断既可能又需要时，他们的科学判断。