Abstract:

The Guidelines on Strengthening the Governance over Ethics in Science and Technology puts forward the requirements for the innovation of the governance over ethics in science and technology in China from four aspects: the upgrading of the governance level, the improvement of the governance itself, the response to the challenges of emerging R&D models, and the promotion of the internationalization of governance experience with Chinese characteristics. From the perspective of the governance mode, it contains the innovation change from passive governance which simply focuses on negative consequences to active governance which covers the whole process from source to application, which is determined by the nature of ethics in science and technology and the governance effect to be achieved. From the perspective of the governance field, it includes the innovative expansion from professional ethics to technology ethics, i.e., from simply focusing on the professional ethics of researchers and engineers to the concern for the ethical issues of the application of the products of emerging technologies, which is determined by the current situation of the high incidence of ethical issues in the latter. From the perspective of the governance grip, controlling ethical dumping and paying attention to human enhancement technologies are key issues in the ethical governance in science and technology, with the former reflecting the values of the community with a shared future for mankind and the latter reflecting active attention to frontier areas in the development of science and technology.

Key words: governance over ethics in science and technology, innovation, professional ethics, ethical dumping