Traditional Chinese architecture in the narrative of a system has existed more than 3,000 years. As the core values of the enlightenment function of social ethics, traditional architecture externalizes symbol of ＂st...Traditional Chinese architecture in the narrative of a system has existed more than 3,000 years. As the core values of the enlightenment function of social ethics, traditional architecture externalizes symbol of ＂state＂ sensual ethical echo. So metaphorical rules in architecture can combine with the normal life. Traditional architectural form as famous communication home Marshall McLuhan＇s ＂human extension＂, leads the order and the rules in the form of elevation. The spread of universal ethics, traditional architectural symmetry axis ceremony, and the adornment of the mythical thinking component, are traditional Chinese ethics of society to describe the core of creation through three points sequence structure constraint. The wisdom of metaphor in these ideas is the life gene of Chinese culture. In the construction of the contemporary social upheaval spreading vision, recognition of traditional architecture ethics through righteousness obviously has been recasting social ethics of ＂treatment＂.展开更多
Facing the ethical potentials of technology, there appears a new trend in technology assessment （TA） recently, which is techno-ethics embedment that aims embed ethical perspectives within the process of assessing an...Facing the ethical potentials of technology, there appears a new trend in technology assessment （TA） recently, which is techno-ethics embedment that aims embed ethical perspectives within the process of assessing and developing new technologies. There are two basic dimensions of this trend： the role of ethics and the status of technology. By referring these dimensions, I articulate two different TA modes of the techno-ethics embedment： One is the ethical technology assessment （eTA） that appears as a combination of an ethical judge with the objective technological force, while the other is the combination of an engaged ethical participant with an active technological mediator. Moreover, there is an ideal status of this trend that is an engaged ethical participant with an active technological mediator. As the thought of technology accompaniment shows, both the ＂agency＂ of human and technology will be embodied to the most in this ideal status of techno-ethics embedment.展开更多
文摘Traditional Chinese architecture in the narrative of a system has existed more than 3,000 years. As the core values of the enlightenment function of social ethics, traditional architecture externalizes symbol of ＂state＂ sensual ethical echo. So metaphorical rules in architecture can combine with the normal life. Traditional architectural form as famous communication home Marshall McLuhan＇s ＂human extension＂, leads the order and the rules in the form of elevation. The spread of universal ethics, traditional architectural symmetry axis ceremony, and the adornment of the mythical thinking component, are traditional Chinese ethics of society to describe the core of creation through three points sequence structure constraint. The wisdom of metaphor in these ideas is the life gene of Chinese culture. In the construction of the contemporary social upheaval spreading vision, recognition of traditional architecture ethics through righteousness obviously has been recasting social ethics of ＂treatment＂.
文摘Facing the ethical potentials of technology, there appears a new trend in technology assessment （TA） recently, which is techno-ethics embedment that aims embed ethical perspectives within the process of assessing and developing new technologies. There are two basic dimensions of this trend： the role of ethics and the status of technology. By referring these dimensions, I articulate two different TA modes of the techno-ethics embedment： One is the ethical technology assessment （eTA） that appears as a combination of an ethical judge with the objective technological force, while the other is the combination of an engaged ethical participant with an active technological mediator. Moreover, there is an ideal status of this trend that is an engaged ethical participant with an active technological mediator. As the thought of technology accompaniment shows, both the ＂agency＂ of human and technology will be embodied to the most in this ideal status of techno-ethics embedment.
