ABSTRACT
The question of the relationship of the making of value judgments in a typically ethical sense to the methods and procedures of science has been discussed in the literature at least to that point which e. e. cummings somewhere refers to as “The Mystical Moment of Dullness.” In particular the problem has once more been raised in an interesting and poignant fashion by recently published discussions between Carnap and Quine on the question of the ontological commitments which one may make in the choosing of language systems. The positive horror which most scientists and philosophers of science have of the intrusion of value considerations into science is wholly understandable. The traditional search for objectivity exemplifies science's pursuit of one of its most precious ideals. Of course the establishment of such a science of ethics is a task of stupendous magnitude and it will probably not even be well launched for many generations.
