Evans John H
Department of Sociology, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, 92093-0533, USA.
J Med Philos. 2006 Jun;31(3):213-34. doi: 10.1080/03605310600732834.
In this article I explore the underlying political philosophy of public bioethics by comparing it to technocratic authority, particularly the technocratic authority claimed by economists in Mexico in the 1980s and 1990s. I find that public bioethics--at least in the dominant forms--is implicitly designed for and tries to use technocratic authority. I examine how this type of bioethics emerged and has continued. I finish by arguing that, as claims to technocratic authority go, bioethics is in an incredibly weak position, which partly explains why it has never gained the degree of public legitimacy that other technocracies have gained. I conclude by arguing for a "technocracy-lite" orientation for public bioethics.
在本文中，我通过将公共生物伦理学与技术官僚权威进行比较，探讨其潜在的政治哲学，特别是20世纪80年代和90年代墨西哥经济学家所宣称的技术官僚权威。我发现，公共生物伦理学——至少在其主导形式中——是为技术官僚权威而隐含设计的，并试图运用这种权威。我考察了这种生物伦理学是如何出现并持续至今的。最后我认为，就对技术官僚权威的宣称而言，生物伦理学处于极其弱势的地位，这在一定程度上解释了它为何从未获得过其他技术统治论所拥有的公众合法性程度。我在结论中主张公共生物伦理学应采取一种“轻度技术统治论”的取向。
