THE ETHICAL IMAGINATION: JOURNEYS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Book ID/图书代码： 06481006B08489

English Summary/英文概要： In the 2006 CBC Massey Lectures — the bestselling and most eagerly anticipated lecture series of the year — renowned ethicist and McGill University professor Margaret Somerville tackles some of the most contentious issues of our times, and proposes a brilliant new kind of ethical language and thought to help us navigate them.
In this timely, topical, and cogently argued book, Somerville asks: What does it mean to be human today, when mind-altering scientific breakthroughs are challenging our fundamental ideas of ourselves, how we relate to others and the world around us, and how we find meaning in life? Some of the controversial topics Somerville touches upon are our growing acceptance of new reproductive technologies, and our conundrums over the genetic modification of plants and animals. She eloquently proposes that it is only through our willingness to undertake a journey of the human imagination — by heeding our stories, myths, and moral intuition — that we can truly see, understand, speak about, and relate to the world around us, and thereby develop an ethics to guide us.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在加拿大廣播演講中，索默維爾(Margaret Somerville)醫生的演講是最熱門和吸引人的，也是當今一直爭論的議題。大家已經日漸意識到，生命科學領域和生物製藥領域的飛速進步帶給人類巨大的福利，然而，促使科學進步的知識、工具、技術，也可能被濫用，進而造成無可挽回的傷害。
當今世界很多行為中，我們都失去了「神聖」和「禁忌」這兩個概念。生命科學縱然提供各種嶄新可能，但要保持對所有生命，尤其是人類生命的敬畏，我們迫切需要重新找回這兩個概念。防止生命科學變成死亡科學相，也是不容忽視的挑戰。迎接挑戰需要來自各方面，如個人、機構、社會以至全球的綜合、多元化的協調反應。最重要的，這個挑戰要求我們擁有正直、誠實的品格，互相信任、培養勇氣，以及要有所制約。
可以想像，如果人類都被複製等生物技術所取代，未來將面臨怎樣的挑戰！在本書中，你會看到許多大膽而深刻的評論與解析。

Awards/获奖情况：榮獲第一屆阿維森納科學倫理獎（Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science）
加拿大麥基爾大學(McGill University)法醫學教授的驚世之作

About the Author/作者介绍： MARGARET SOMERVILLE is the founding director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University, where she holds the Samuel Gale Chair in the Faculty of Law and is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine. As a consultant to numerous government and non-governmental bodies, she has worked with the World Health Organization, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNESCO. She has received a number of honorary doctorates in law and is recipient of many awards, including the Order of Australia. She lives in Montreal.

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