School of Philosophy in University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Bioethics. 2012 Jul;26(6):337-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01860.x. Epub 2011 Jan 17.
In a recent issue of Bioethics, Bernard Gesang asks whether a moral philosopher possesses greater moral expertise than a non-philosopher, and his answer is a qualified yes, based not so much on his infallible access to the truth, but on the quality of his theoretically-informed moral justifications. I reject Gesang's claim that there is such a thing as moral expertise, although the moral philosopher may well make a valid contribution to the ethics committee as a concerned and educated citizen. I suggest that wisdom is a lot more interesting to examine than moral expertise. Again, however, moral philosophers have no monopoly on wisdom, and the study of philosophy may even impede its cultivation.
在最近一期的《生物伦理学》中，伯纳德·热桑（Bernard Gesang）探讨了一个道德哲学家是否比非哲学家拥有更高的道德专业知识，他的回答是有条件的肯定，这并不是基于他对真理的绝对把握，而是基于他的理论性道德论证的质量。我反对热桑关于存在道德专业知识的说法，尽管道德哲学家作为一个有良知和受过教育的公民，可能会为伦理委员会做出有价值的贡献。我认为，与道德专业知识相比，智慧更值得研究。然而，哲学家也并非智慧的唯一拥有者，哲学研究甚至可能阻碍智慧的培养。
