现代焦虑的伦理思考——从文学伦理学的角度分析《克拉拉与太阳》

The Ethical Thinking of Modern Anxiety——The Analysis of Klara and the Sun from the Perspective of Literary Ethical Criticism

日裔英国作家石黑一雄最新长篇小说《克拉拉与太阳》,从人工智能机器人克拉拉的视角讲述了人类面对人工智能和基因编辑的焦虑。本文站在文学伦理学的角度并结合科技伦理,以母亲克里西和海伦为例,分析科技发展下现代人类的科学选择与伦理焦虑及书中人物面对基因编辑、人工智能的不安。通过对人物的伦理选择和伦理困境的揭示,石黑一雄从侧面表达了对科学技术所带来的伦理问题的担忧,也促使了现代人类对科学技术带来的后果进行反思和伦理道德层面的思考。

Japanese-British writer Ishiguro Kazuo’s latest novel, Klara and the Sun, uses the perspective of the artificial intelligence robot Klara to tell the anxiety of humans facing artificial intelligence and gene editing. From the perspective of literary ethics and ethics of science and technology, this paper analyzes the scientific choices and ethical anxiety of modern humans under the development of science and technology, as well as the anxiety of the characters in the book facing gene editing and artificial intelligence, taking mothers Krissy and Helen as examples. By revealing the characters’ ethical choices and ethical dilemmas, Kazuo Ishiguro expressed his concerns about the ethical issues brought about by science and technology from the side, and also prompted modern humans to think about the consequences of science and technology in anti-ethical and moral aspects.