What role do values play in the sciences? This question is at the heart of the value judgment dispute, one of the most enduring debates in the philosophy of science and social philosophy. After an initial peak in the 1960s and 1970s, a number of new approaches to this topic have been developed recently. The volume presents new essays on the value judgment dispute, some of which are published in German for the first time, as well as historical key texts from the debate. It provides a comprehensive overview of one of the most important questions in science.