本文目的是回顧台灣工程倫理的研究成果,並建議工程倫理領域加入新興的「科技與社會」(STS)研究取徑。本文將依序討論:(一)台灣工程倫理領域的緣起、成果及文獻回顧。(二)澄清並評論現今台灣社會中,有關工程倫理最常被提起的議題。(三)解析「倫理的衝突與抉擇」及學者所提供的解決方法;(四)論述西方STS研究取徑,並對比傳統工程倫理的方法。(五)呈現兩個STS方法所分析的案例研究。(六)回應對於工程倫理之STS取徑的批評。
A Review of Engineering Ethics in Taiwan from the STS perspective
The aim of this article is to review the results of research on engineering ethics in Taiwan and to propose a Science, Technology and Society (STS) approach to the subject. In this article, we will 1) outline the origin and achievements of engineering ethics in Taiwan; 2) comment on popular ideas and recent debates; 3) analyze how ethical conflicts have arisen and been resolved; 4) introduce an STS approach and compare it with the traditional approach to engineering ethics; 5) introduce two case studies of the STS approach; 6) reply to some criticisms of the STS approach.