Lunch Pitch with Isolde Puts and Keith Larson

We cannot escape judging what is wrong and what is right in our everyday lives. This happens on a personal level, such as every-day food choices, who we spend time with, and our word choice, but also on a community level, such as discourses in scientific methods, art and aesthetics, law and philosophy. We base our judgements, or our ethics, on facts, norms and values. Nevertheless, the perception of what is right and wrong depends on the setting, and changes over time. Admitting this involves a certain uncertainty or insecurity, which is often seen as a weakness and thus gets in the way of a subjective evaluation of our judgements. This is opposite to what we try to achieve as scientists. How do we as internationals and scientists deal with this and what can we gain or lose from our ethics?

In this lunch pitch, I want to share my thoughts on how to be wrong in the right way, or how to create a (work) environment together where we feel safe to evaluate our judgements and ethics.