The Fundamental Functions and Corresponding Implementation Methods of the Subject of Ethical Governance in Science and Technology Under the Framework of Knowledge Coproduction
A developed economy not only provides fertile soil for scientific and technological innovation,but also poses ethical risks in science and technology.In the face of increasingly severe challenges of ethical governance in science and technology,how governments,experts,and the public can collaborate to jointly open the"black box"of ethical governance in science and technology is a focus of academic attention.This paper selects the three representative and important subjects of the government,experts,and the public in the ethical governance in science and technology,summarizes the concept of knowledge coproduction based on the content of ethical governance in science and technology,and further constructs a research framework for knowledge coproduction of the governance subjects,aims to analyze the fundamental functions of the subjects and their corresponding implementation methods.The research believesthat,the government(governing knowledge-based producers),experts(professional knowledge-based producers),and the public(assisting knowledge-based producers)jointly participate in the governance process of ethical risk issues in science and technology.They have fundamental functions of policy framework support,knowledge reserve application,and external assistance promotion,respectively,and play the governance role of government knowledge,the professional role of expert knowledge,and the auxiliary role of public knowledge by the modes of policy support implementation and macro framework governance,the function of knowledge reserve and the use of knowledge practice,and the realistic motivation and external helpparticipation,respectively,so as to achieve knowledge coproduction in this governance process,thereby promoting the effective resolution of ethical risk issues in science and technology.The paper further puts forward that in the future,relevant research can be deeply carried out from three aspects:framework,perspective,and concept.
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