数字虚拟世界的伦理基底——以“VR性侵”为中心

Ethical Basis of Digital Virtual World——Centered on “VR Sexual Assault” Event

在VR技术产生以前,数字虚拟世界中的“杀戮”在很大程度上是可以得到足够完备的伦理辩护的,然而越来越拟真的数字虚拟世界给人类带来越来越真切的体验,使得数字世界和现实世界之间的伦理边界变得不那么清晰,从而对传统的伦理系统与道德习俗形成冲击。从某种意义上说,数字技术不仅让人具有了一个数字化的“虚体”,而且还让这个“虚体”与现实的身体“合体”为一个完整的身体。从这个意义上说,虚体具有现实的道德地位。而虚体的道德觉醒使我们更加清晰地看到,数字虚拟世界中伦理的边界依旧必须以生命体验与生活共在为基础。虚拟世界需要同现实世界以相互融合的方式来构筑起适合于数字时代的伦理底色与道德标识。

Before the emergence of VR technology,“killing” in the digital virtual world can be fully justified in ethics to a large extent.However,the increasingly realistic digital virtual world makes the ethical boundary between the digital world and the real world less clear,which has an impact on the traditional ethical system and moral customs.In a sense,digital technology not only shapes people’s digital “virtual body”,but also makes it “fit” with the real body,making the “virtual body” have a realistic moral status.The boundary of ethics in the digital virtual world must still be based on the coexistence of life experience and life.The virtual world needs to integrate with the real world to build an ethical background and moral identity suitable for the digital age.