探求道德增强的实践可行性

On the Practical Feasibility of Moral Enhancement

道德增强作为一种克服人类伦理有限性的观念或设想,究竟在什么程度上是可行的?在过去数十年的论辩当中,道德增强的可欲求性似乎是更为核心的议题,但现如今,随着越来越多的自然科学家、社会科学家加入讨论,道德增强的可行性成为这一讨论当中不可或缺的部分。可行性的探讨不仅是对道德增强在现实中的可能性或可操作性作出预测,同时也与我们关于道德增强可欲求性的理解处于张力之中,这一张力源于每一阶段的科学研究和实验证据与同时代哲学概念和理论层面讨论的恒久交缠。

To what extent is moral enhancement feasible as an idea that claims to help humans overcome ethical limitations? The desirability of moral enhancement seems to be a more central issue in debates over the past few decades, but now, as more and more natural scientists and social scientists join the discussion, the feasibility of moral enhancement has become an integral part of the discussion. The discussion of feasibility is not only a prediction of the possibility or operability of moral enhancement in reality, but it is also in tension with our understanding of the desirability of moral enhancement, a tension that stems from the constant intertwining of scientific research and experimental evidence with philosophical conceptual and theoretical discussion.