How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe
We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?
In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane pro...
How do we live ethical lives alongside others? A fascinating, mind-expanding exploration of our moral universe
We have always lived with ethically significant others, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in or the machines we are endowing with life. How should we treat them as our world changes?
In Animals, Robots, Gods, acclaimed anthropologist Webb Keane provides a new vision of ethics, defined less by our minds, religion or society, and more by our interactions with those around us. Drawing on ground-breaking research by fieldworkers around the world, he explores the underpinnings of our moral universe. Along the way we investigate the ethical dilemmas of South Asian animal rights activists, Balinese cockfighters, Japanese robot fanciers -- even macho cowboys. We meet a hunter in the Yukon who explains his prey generously gives itself up to him; a cancer sufferer in Thailand who sees his tumour as a reincarnated ox; a computer that gets you to confess your anxieties as if you were on the psychiatrist's couch.
With charm, wit and insight, Keane offers us a better understanding of our doubts and certainties, showing how centuries of conversations between us and non-humans inform our conceptions of morality, and will continue to guide us in the age of AI and beyond.
作者简介
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Webb Keane is the George Herbert Mead Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, and the author of multiple pioneering works on the philosophy of social thought. His research has been featured in Los Angeles Times, Esquire, USA Today, Financial Times, and on CBS TV News, among others.
相较于《兽、机、神》中文版副标题“我们为什么反复爱上非人类?”,我更偏向于通过英文版副标题“Adventures in the Moral Imagination”来说明本书作者韦布•基恩究竟意旨何处。 所谓“道德想象中的冒险”,可以理解为人与非人边界的探讨,或者是人与物之间伦理的研究——...
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3 有用 每天一个白日梦 2024-04-30 20:56:32 北京
蛮好的书。引入人类学视角,详细阐释了人类与非人类(包括处于生死状态之间的临终者和有缺陷的胎儿、动物、机器人、医疗仿生人、人工智能......还有好多,分得好细呀(⊙o⊙))持续了数百年的互动如何影响并塑造了我们作为人类的道德观。近两年全球热点的社会话题有不少这本书都有涉及。“人类中心主义”的观点正在逐渐受到质疑,这本书也为我们思考人类如何“道德地”存在提供有益启发。书里有很多有趣的田野调查实例,读... 蛮好的书。引入人类学视角,详细阐释了人类与非人类(包括处于生死状态之间的临终者和有缺陷的胎儿、动物、机器人、医疗仿生人、人工智能......还有好多,分得好细呀(⊙o⊙))持续了数百年的互动如何影响并塑造了我们作为人类的道德观。近两年全球热点的社会话题有不少这本书都有涉及。“人类中心主义”的观点正在逐渐受到质疑,这本书也为我们思考人类如何“道德地”存在提供有益启发。书里有很多有趣的田野调查实例,读起来不算很难。道德观是随着社会发展不断变化的。人类整体我管不了,只是希望有朝一日自己能够在对待身边一切(不管是人是物)时,都能做到心态平和而自洽。 (展开)
2 有用 查无此人 2025-04-19 03:54:30 广东
人类学家来谈人机关系或者伦理问题,一定要说我们的观念都是在特定的社会环境中形成的,这本书其实做了很好的示范。谈动物权利一定得听WEIRD这帮人吗?咁又未必。开篇讨论电车难题有点意外但也不意外,引出人称视角的转换和伦理主体的诞生(我胡诌)贯穿全书。然后逐章讨论了赛博格之死、动物之认同、机器人之想象与AI之认知,挺有意思的一本小书,对我很有启发。比如在与LLM互动中,人们的期望以及在过往人际交往中习得... 人类学家来谈人机关系或者伦理问题,一定要说我们的观念都是在特定的社会环境中形成的,这本书其实做了很好的示范。谈动物权利一定得听WEIRD这帮人吗?咁又未必。开篇讨论电车难题有点意外但也不意外,引出人称视角的转换和伦理主体的诞生(我胡诌)贯穿全书。然后逐章讨论了赛博格之死、动物之认同、机器人之想象与AI之认知,挺有意思的一本小书,对我很有启发。比如在与LLM互动中,人们的期望以及在过往人际交往中习得的一整套规则使人其实更有主动性;再比如人们学习动物的交流方式,不仅把动物的期望带进来,也不再是一个“在伦理中立的世界中的孤独一人”。 (展开)
1 有用 木纹 2025-04-11 13:30:48 北京
粗略地翻过。用人类学经验回应伦理问题,把人与非人的互动收入到宗教视野中进行理解。相对孤立的民族志案例和普遍性的伦理规范的关系如何处理?伦理相对主义似乎不能有效地解决。
1 有用 莫里安 2025-01-06 19:57:56 浙江
A nice light read. 总体都在讲人类擅长脑补投射的事情,是个不错的比较新的科普,感觉没有太多个人意见。引用的材料也非常浅。总之对我来说太晚了,但适合推荐给别人看。
0 有用 辣糖放题 2025-04-22 13:16:25 美国
扫了几章没什么意思