ABSTRACT

To believe that every single scientist ought to be individually engaged in ethical thinking in order for science to be responsible at a collective level may be too demanding, if not plainly unrealistic. In fact, ethical labor is typically distributed across different kinds of scientists within the scientific community. Based on the empirical data collected within the Horizon 2020 ‘RRI-Practice’ project, we propose a classification of the members of the scientific community depending on their engagement in this collective activity. Our classification offers, on the one hand, a model of how the ethical aspects of science are taken into consideration by scientists and, on the other, some indications on how to institutionalize ethics in science.

摘要

相信每个科学家都应该单独地参与伦理学思考，以使科学在集体层面上负责任，这可能是太过苛刻的要求，即使不是完全不现实的。实际上，道德劳动通常分布在科学界内的各种科学家之间。根据Horizo​​n 2020“ RRI-Practice”项目中收集的经验数据，我们建议根据科学界成员对这项集体活动的参与程度进行分类。我们的分类一方面提供了科学家如何考虑科学伦理方面的模型，另一方面提供了有关如何将科学伦理制度化的指示。