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Ruipeng Lei1, Yifan Peng2, Yutian He3
1School of Marxism, Center for Ethics and Governance of Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology
|August 9, 2024
概括
反对基于自然的合成生物学的论点是有缺陷的,因为自然的概念含糊不清. 这一分析揭穿了那些认为合成生物学是不自然的和道德上错误的说法.
科学领域:
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 科学哲学的科学哲学
- 合成生物学 合成生物学
背景情况:
- "呼吁自然"的论点认为,合成生物学本质上是有问题的,因为它偏离了自然.
- 这种论点引发了关于操纵生物系统的伦理和环境问题.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地分析"对大自然的呼吁"反对合成生物学的论点.
- 通过解构自然概念及其伦理含义,提供一个反论点.
- 为了反驳这一论点对合成生物学提出的具体指控.
主要方法:
- 对"自然"一词及其哲学基础的概念分析.
- 检查自然和非/非自然实体之间的区别.
- 对合成生物学提出的道德和环境主张的解构.
主要成果:
- "自然"的概念是模两可的,缺乏一个明确的,普遍接受的定义.
- 在自然和非/非自然之间,没有一个道德上有意义的界限可以被确切地划分.
- 关于形而上学和道德错误的指控,以及对环境的破坏,在批判性地检查时是毫无根据的.
结论:
- 反对合成生物学的"对大自然的呼吁"论点在哲学上是弱的,在概念上是有缺陷的.
- 合成生物学本质上不会因为它被认为不自然而犯道德或环境错误.
- 要参与有关新兴生物技术的有意义的伦理讨论,需要对大自然有细微的理解.
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