From my own standpoint as a scientist, I, in this paper attempt to explore the scientific judgement-making process from an ethical perspective. In the process of developing truthful scientific knowledge, there are a myriad of judgements to make for the scientist. However, our contemporary world, dominated by technology, rules and regulations, presents us with less unconditioned opportunities for exercising our judgmental abilities. Any deliberation about a choice of action within our practice is, in a manner, made for us, and not by us. The challenges that we meet is largely assumed solved either by rules of conduct or by formulas where the right thing to do is based on mechanical computations (deontology), or as within utilitarianism where one focuses on the consequences of an action. My thesis is, however, that virtue ethics and the concept of Phronesis, as a framework, is better suited to grasp the peculiarity of the scientific practice compared to the contemporary mind-set. Hence, I will try to display my perspective and show how virtue ethics can lead to enhanced understanding of both the epistemological and the ethical parts of the scientific practice.

从我自己作为科学家的角度出发，我在本文中尝试从伦理的角度探索科学的判断过程。在发展真实的科学知识的过程中，需要为科学家做出无数的判断。但是，以技术，规则和法规为主导的当代世界为我们提供了更少的无条件机会来行使我们的判断能力。在某种程度上，对我们实践中行动选择的任何考虑都是为我们而非由我们做出的。我们所面临的挑战在很大程度上被假定是通过行为规则或公式解决的，而正确的做法是基于机械计算（道义学），或者在功利主义中以行动的后果为重点。我的论文是 与当代的思维方式相比，美德伦理学和“错位论”的概念更适合于把握科学实践的特殊性。因此，我将尝试展示自己的观点，并展示美德伦理学如何导致对科学实践的认识论和伦理学方面的加深理解。