Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2013 Mar;19(1):13-26. doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9287-x. Epub 2011 Jun 26.
This article explores the transformation of ethics in a globalizing technological society. After describing some basic features of this society, particularly the primacy it gives to a special type of technical rationality, three specific influences on traditional ethics are examined: (1) a change concerning the notion of value, (2) the decreasing relevance of the concept of axiological hierarchy, and (3) the new internal architecture of ethics as a net of values. These three characteristics suggest a new pragmatic understanding of ethics. From a pragmatic perspective, the process of introducing ethical values into contemporary society can be regarded as a beneficial Trojan horse, a metaphor that will be developed further.
本文探讨了全球化技术社会中的伦理转型。在描述了这个社会的一些基本特征，尤其是它对一种特殊类型的技术理性的重视之后，本文考察了对传统伦理的三个具体影响：(1) 关于价值概念的变化，(2) 价值等级概念的相关性降低，以及(3) 伦理作为价值网络的新内部结构。这三个特征表明了对伦理的一种新的实用主义理解。从实用主义的角度来看，将伦理价值观引入当代社会的过程可以被视为一个有益的特洛伊木马，这一隐喻将进一步发展。
