Bioethics. 2019 Feb;33(2):223-229. doi: 10.1111/bioe.12494. Epub 2018 Aug 23.
In this paper, I present and criticize Ted Kaczynski's ("The Unabomber") theory that industrialization has been terrible for humanity, and that we should use any means necessary, including violent means, to induce a return to pre-industrial ways of living. Although Kaczynski's manifesto, Industrial society and its future, has become widely known, his ideas have never before been subject to careful philosophical criticism. In this paper I show how Kaczynski's arguments rely on a number of highly implausible philosophical premises. I further make the case that, although his theory as a whole should be rejected, Kaczynski raises a number of worries about technological development that ought to receive serious attention. Some of these worries have recently come to be shared by prominent defenders of human enhancement, including Nick Bostrom and Julian Savulescu. In the last section I indicate why I believe it is important that academic philosophers scrutinize ideas that motivate acts of violence.
在本文中，我将介绍并批判泰德·卡钦斯基（“炸弹客”）的理论，即工业化对人类造成了可怕的影响，我们应该不惜一切手段，包括使用暴力手段，来促使人类回归到前工业化的生活方式。尽管卡钦斯基的宣言《工业社会及其未来》已经广为人知，但他的观点从未受到过仔细的哲学批判。在本文中，我将展示卡钦斯基的论点是如何依赖于一些极不可信的哲学前提的。我进一步认为，尽管应该整体上拒绝他的理论，但卡钦斯基提出了一些关于技术发展的担忧，这些担忧应该得到认真关注。其中一些担忧最近得到了包括尼克·博斯特罗姆和朱利安·萨乌利塞斯库在内的一些著名的人类增强技术的捍卫者的认同。在最后一节中，我将说明为什么我认为学术哲学家仔细审查那些激发暴力行为的思想是很重要的。
