Listen to a short interview with Michael Sandel. Host: Chris Gondek. Producer: Heron & Crane. Breakthroughs in genetics present us with a promise and a predicament. The promise is that we will soon be able to treat and prevent a host of debilitating diseases. The predicament is that our newfound genetic knowledge may enable us to manipulate our nature - to enhance our genetic traits and those of our children. Although most people find at least some forms of genetic engineering disquieting, it is not easy to articulate why. What is wrong with re-engineering our nature? "The Case against Perfection" explores these and other moral quandaries connected with the quest to perfect ourselves and our children. Michael Sandel argues that the pursuit of perfection is flawed for reasons that go beyond safety and fairness. The drive to enhance human nature through genetic technologies is objectionable because it represents a bid for mastery and dominion that fails to appreciate the gifted character of human powers and achievements. Carrying us beyond familiar terms of political discourse, this book contends that the genetic revolution will change the way philosophers discuss ethics and will force spiritual questions back onto the political agenda. In order to grapple with the ethics of enhancement, we need to confront questions largely lost from view in the modern world. Since these questions verge on theology, modern philosophers and political theorists tend to shrink from them. But our new powers of biotechnology make these questions unavoidable. Addressing them is the task of this book, by one of America's preeminent moral and political thinkers.
【美】迈克尔•桑德尔 Michael J. Sandel美国哈佛大学政府系讲座教授,哲学家。他在哈佛大学讲授的“公正”课程是最受学生欢迎的课程,该课程被制作成哈佛公开课后在网络广为流传,成为风靡全球的哲学公开课。主要学术代表作有《自由主义与正义的局限》、《民主的不满》等,其中大部分已被翻译成德、法、中、日等十多种文字。已出版的《公正》和《金钱不能买什么》风靡多个国家,具有深远的文化影响力。
1 在评价这本书之前先讲个故事——来自反乌托邦YA小说《Uglies》系列,正如许多同类作品一样,它也构建了一个并不美好的未来。 在现代文明已经因人类的贪婪灭亡的几百年后,掌握了更高生物科技的人们为避免重蹈覆辙对每个年满十六岁的公民进行了改造,让其变得更美丽、更健康的...
评分1 在评价这本书之前先讲个故事——来自反乌托邦YA小说《Uglies》系列,正如许多同类作品一样,它也构建了一个并不美好的未来。 在现代文明已经因人类的贪婪灭亡的几百年后,掌握了更高生物科技的人们为避免重蹈覆辙对每个年满十六岁的公民进行了改造,让其变得更美丽、更健康的...
评分概括的来说,桑德尔反对的是优生学和基因工程等在科学上看起来可以使人类更完美的东西。当然桑德尔对此作出了一个界限的划分,单纯的作为治疗手段以恢复人体健康本身的手段自然不在反对之列。 而反对这些的原因,有一句话来概括说是优生学和基因工程的问题是它代表了...
评分最近看了很多书,都有一个共同的主题:科技和文明进化速度的不匹配。 人类历史的创造来自于科技与文明的互相成就,在很长一段时间内,他们相互促进,共同繁荣,这才有了今天我们这个拥有自由、道德、科技感的社会。 但是从瓦特发明蒸汽机的那一刻起,科技与文明的步伐就注定无...
评分《反对完美》 人性朝神性的进化,两面性存在矛盾:人类集体(一元神)和个体(诸神),导致个人理性无法操纵集体理性。有些个人已经开始感到不安,但集体人类不会浅尝辄止,终将会突破人和神的界限。 读前问题: 一、现在的好等于未来的好吗? 二、好的基因vs好的神经:先天有...
每一条论证都有详实的论据,嗯,比较有条理,值得读,但似乎不需要太详细,主线很明显。
评分By embracing the allure and freedom of genetic engineering, humans may cure more diseases and have more control on themselves and descendants. However, we're also likely to lose the chance of fair competition, the appreciation of life and talent, and the respect for hard-working at the same time.
评分呵呵,看来我要从Sandel毕业了。不是特别喜欢这本,读起来怪怪的。特别是干细胞研究≠杀人最后结论非常奇葩——只要顾虑了一些管理和法律问题就可以解决了?没太大说服力真的。但是hyper-parenting以及科技绑架自由这两个论述很thought-provoking。
评分respect; humility; responsibility and solidarity。到底什么是人,什么是人性,什么又是价值。arguement非常漂亮的书,少见。
评分每一条论证都有详实的论据,嗯,比较有条理,值得读,但似乎不需要太详细,主线很明显。
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