Hidden value judgments hide behind claims of technical objectivity

Evidence

However, because the SPH purported to provide an objectively determined level of storm protection, such economic considerations weighing in favor of the lower standard of protection never surfaced for scrutiny. Policy makers and citizens were deterred from asking directly whether an extreme event is worth guarding against because the very possibility of the event’s occurrence was denied— arbitrarily—by the SPH risk assessment. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere, 231

Categorization

• SEED: The mechanism here — arbitrary denial of possibility forecloses the policy question — fits the polyad theme of unspoken value neutrality in regulation.
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Cost-benefit analysis causes the very distortions it claims to prevent — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 237; Even well-intentioned technology can embed hidden functional biases — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1143; Objectivity is freedom from commitment-biased perception — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 9594 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Even well-intentioned technology can embed hidden functional biases #corroborates (0.92) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 1143
• Hidden value judgments, not logic, drive key judicial decisions #corroborates (0.92) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2550
• Selecting a major premise depends on value judgments rather than strict logic #corroborates (0.88) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 431
• Logic tests the validity of propositions after value judgments drive decisions #corroborates (0.85) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 95
• Objectivity is freedom from commitment-biased perception #corroborates (0.78) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 9594
• Stranger objectivity is freedom from perceptual and normative bias #corroborates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 395
• Physics’ pursuit of objectivity paradoxically de-materialized nature #corroborates (0.70) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 575