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发表于 2004-7-31 21:43:43
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谢谢大家的修改
3x
//bow
我感觉确实在逻辑上有很大的缺陷
综合大家的修改意见
我对我的文章修改了一下
以下是我修订后的文章
Issue 88
Technologies not only influence but actually determine social customs and ethics
Do technologies not only have infuluence on but actually determine social customs and ethics? The speaker vindicates so. I concede that, to some extent, technologies have some influence on social customs and ethics. Beyond this concession, however, I would rather believe that merely technologies contribute little to the determination of social customs and ethics, especially in a short time period.
As the speaker claims, technologies exert an influence on social customs. To illustrate the point clearly, Let us take a specific look at a persuative example. Nowaday, it seems natural for women to working outside home. Yet, it is the Industrial Revolution, one of the greatest developments of technology in human history, that freed women by giving them the right to work outside home. Before the marvelous technological revolution, a majority of women have nothing to do but stay at home. However, because of it, many textile factories, as well as other manufactures, employed a myriad of women. Without the Industrial Revolution, one may be surprised to see that house working and bringing up children, rather than occupying a position in a company, are still the most important tasks of women.
Besides, the influence of technologies on ethics cannot be overlooked. An compelling example from all fields of human endeavours will make the point evident. In the 1990s, the rapid progress of biotechnology resulted in great benefits to human beings, however , it issued challenge to the fundamental ethics--what is human being--seriously. After Doly--the first cloned mammal--was born, people cannot help worrying whether biotechnology will bring about cloned 'human being'. If so, is it real human being? Shall I treat my 'cloned copy' as myself or my children? Such problems attributed to biotechnology have a profound influence on ethics.
However, we cannot extend the influence of technology too far. From the standpoint of philosophy, the proposition--technologies determine social customs and ethics--will inevitably leads to the conclusion--the evolvement of social customs and ethics should keep pace with the development of technology. However, despite the sharp development of technology, in some cases, social customs and ethics hardly have any change. For example, the festivals we celebrate today are much the same as those in ancient times. Specifically speaking, on Christmas Eve, children still sleep with their stockings hanging at the end of their beds. And boys send rose to their dreaming girls on Valentino's Day in much the same way people did hundreds of years ago.
Likewise, ethics have changed little over the past times. Religion belief is a good case in point. For instance, Every weekends, christians still go to church as their ancestors did. Besides, they also commit perjury and have dinner pray following the religious rules primarily made several hundred years ago. In short, the facts that social customs and ethics hardly have any change refute part of the speaker's cliam, that is technologies actually determine social customs and ethics.
In addition, in some cases, it is even the social customs and ethics that guide the development of technologies. The successful born of Doly is so heavy a blow to ethics that people soon forbid the application of clone to human being. Undoubtly, such decision will lead to the transfer of the direction of biotechnology.
In sum, I acknowledge that technologies exert a dramatic influence on social customs and ethics. However, we need not to see very far to reveal that the speaker mistakenly exaggerate the role technologies play on social customs and ethics. After all, in some cases, social customs and ethics have changed little, furthermore, still in some cases, social customs and ethics guide the development of technology. |
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