Witte K, Blankenberg S
Institut für Religionsphilosophische Forschung, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
Z Kardiol. 2004;93 Suppl 4:IV65-7. doi: 10.1007/s00392-004-1403-3.
The research community is increasingly confronted with the problem of ethic responsibility. Ethic reflection might be integrated as a part of one's own research projects. This question is discussed against the background of Jürgen Habermas' discourse ethics, which considers the diverse state of being in the modern age as the basis. In this situation, the process of understanding ("Verständigungsprozess") the norms assumed to be valid receives extraordinary significance, since this process of understanding itself inheres authorizing function for the norms. Taking this philosophicial approach seriously, researchers have the specific responsibility not to perform the ethical judgement based on facts alone. Since researchers might be predestined to envisage the ethical implication of their own research at an early stage, they have the possibility to activate the process of understanding about relevant ethical norms themselves as early as possible.
科研界日益面临伦理责任问题。伦理反思可作为个人自身研究项目的一部分加以整合。这个问题是在尤尔根·哈贝马斯的话语伦理学背景下进行讨论的，该伦理学将现代社会的多元状态视为基础。在这种情况下，理解被假定为有效的规范的过程（“理解过程”）具有非凡的意义，因为这个理解过程本身就蕴含着对规范的授权功能。认真对待这种哲学方法，研究人员有特定的责任，不能仅基于事实做出伦理判断。由于研究人员可能注定要在早期就设想其自身研究的伦理含义，他们有可能尽早启动关于相关伦理规范的理解过程。
