台灣工程倫理回顧兼論工程倫理的科技與社會取徑

A Review of Engineering Ethics in Taiwan from the STS perspective

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。 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 orwlhong@nkust.edu.tw; wenlinghong@gmail.comwlhong@nkust.edu.tw; wenlinghong@gmail.comigin 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.

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 orwlhong@nkust.edu.tw; wenlinghong@gmail.comwlhong@nkust.edu.tw; wenlinghong@gmail.comigin 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.