在险象环生的道路上奔驰——《羚羊与秧鸡》中科技价值的伦理反思

Running on a road full of dangers——An ethical introspection on the value of science and technology in Oryx and Crake

加拿大女作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德的小说《羚羊与秧鸡》问世以来一直受到广泛关注。小说向人们展示了一个基因科技高度发展所引发的人性泯灭以及严重的阶级分化的病态社会,揭露了恣意发展的科学技术是如何异化人们的伦理价值观的。故事情节中不时透露出来的真实存在感揭示了人类正走在这样一条错误的道路上。阿特伍德以对最后灾难的预期来警醒人们反思当下的境况,试图引起人类对未来出路的认真探寻。

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood's novel Oryx and Crake has received widespread attention since its publication.The novel shows people an inhumane and seriously class-differentiated society which was destroyed by highly developed genetic technology.It also reveals how the arbitrarily developed science and technology alienated people's ethical values.The true sense of the crisis embodied in the novel reveals that mankind is walking on this wrong road.Atwood uses the anticipation of the final disaster to alert people to reflect on the present situation and to urge them to explore a way to the future.