Discussions on Human Enhancement Meet Science: A Quantitative Analysis.

IF 3 2区哲学 Q1 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Science and Engineering Ethics Pub Date : 2025-02-05 DOI:10.1007/s11948-025-00531-6

Tomasz Żuradzki, Piotr Bystranowski, Vilius Dranseika

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The analysis of citation flow from a collection of scholarly articles might provide valuable insights into their thematic focus and the genealogy of their main concepts. In this study, we employ a topic model to delineate a subcorpus of 1,360 papers representative of bioethical discussions on enhancing human life. We subsequently conduct an analysis of almost 11,000 references cited in that subcorpus to examine quantitatively, from a bird's-eye view, the degree of openness of this part of scholarship to the specialized knowledge produced in biosciences. Although almost half of the analyzed references point to journals classified as Natural Science and Engineering (NSE), we do not find strong evidence of the intellectual influence of recent discoveries in biosciences on discussions on human enhancement. We conclude that a large part of the discourse surrounding human enhancement is inflected with "science-fictional habits of mind." Our findings point to the need for a more science-informed approach in discussions on enhancing human life.

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人的增强与科学的讨论：定量分析。

对学术论文的引文流进行分析，可以对其主题重点和主要概念的谱系提供有价值的见解。在本研究中，我们采用主题模型来描述1,360篇关于改善人类生活的生物伦理讨论的代表论文的子语料库。随后，我们对该子语料库中引用的近11,000篇参考文献进行了分析，从鸟瞰的角度，定量地检查了这部分学术对生物科学专业知识的开放程度。虽然几乎有一半的分析参考文献指向分类为自然科学与工程（NSE）的期刊，但我们没有发现生物科学领域最近的发现对人类增强讨论的智力影响的有力证据。我们得出的结论是，围绕人类增强的大部分论述都受到了“科幻小说中的思维习惯”的影响。我们的研究结果表明，在讨论如何提高人类寿命时，需要采用一种更科学的方法。

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CiteScore

10.70

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5.40%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Science and Engineering Ethics is an international multidisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring ethical issues associated with science and engineering, covering professional education, research and practice as well as the effects of technological innovations and research findings on society. While the focus of this journal is on science and engineering, contributions from a broad range of disciplines, including social sciences and humanities, are welcomed. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, ethics of new and emerging technologies, research ethics, computer ethics, energy ethics, animals and human subjects ethics, ethics education in science and engineering, ethics in design, biomedical ethics, values in technology and innovation. We welcome contributions that deal with these issues from an international perspective, particularly from countries that are underrepresented in these discussions.