JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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WANG Jian
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<p>东北大学马克思主义学院教授</p>
Research Articles
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Realization and Limitation of Filial Piety by Robot Nursing Robot nursing; Filial piety; Positive value; Practical problemsIssue:Volume 45, lssue 10, October 2023Page: 108-116
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An Examination of the Ethics of Care in Robotic Nursing Abstract: The use of care robots can be an effective way to alleviate the lack of competence in geriatric care in the context of aging; however, they have obvious limitations in providing true human care and fitting the elements of care. Based on an ethic of care perspective, this paper comparatively analyzes the gap between robotic care and traditional human care in terms of the four ethical elements of care: attention, responsibility, competence, and responsiveness, and points out that the essence of gerontological care should be more than just a simple practice, but rather lies in the concern for the vulnerability and dignity of older people, as well as in a social strategy for positive aging. As a result, a triple iterative technical design pathway of value-sensitive design (VSD) is utilized to integrate human care values into the design process of care robots, aiming to preserve and promote the core values of human care in the face of the great potential and obvious limitations of care robots. Key Words: Caregiving robots; Ethics of care; Human care; Geriatric care; Value sensitive designIssue:Volume 47, lssue 11, November 2025Page: 91-99
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Death with Dignity and the Boundaries of End-of-Life Technological Interventions: An Analysis Based on the Ethical Principle of the “Vulnerability of Life” Abstract: Death with dignity respects the autonomous right of terminally ill individuals to make choices about their own lives. It entails rejecting meaningless, traumatic medical interventions, alleviating the suffering of the dying, and preserving their dignity of life. When confronted with the dilemma of “technologized existence” imposed on individuals at the end of life by advances in medical technology, death with dignity can derive its ethical foundation from the “vulnerability of life”, a condition inherent to human existence. On this basis, death with dignity provides a rational interpretation of the boundaries of technological intervention at the end of life and reorients ethical reflection toward an authentic awareness of embodied existence. While medical technology attempts to conquer death, death with dignity–premised on acknowledging human vulnerability and guided by the ethical principle of the “vulnerability of life”–reconsiders the subjective meaning of the dying population and redefines the value goals of end-of-life technological intervention. It facilitates a paradigm shift in end-of-life technological intervention, achieving a transformation from “conquering death” to “acknowledging vulnerability”. This shift reconstructs the integrity, autonomy, and sociality of life under conditions of technological intervention. Key Words: Death with dignity; Vulnerability of life; Ethical foundation; Boundaries of intervention; Axiological rationalityIssue:Volume 48, lssue 2, February 2026Page: 95-103
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The Responsibility Deficiency of “Engineering Bystanders” in Engineering Ecology: Causes and Possible Remedies Abstract: As an emerging engineering paradigm, engineering ecology not only brings about an ethical turn but also exposes the difficulty of defining and attributing responsibility. Within this context arises a new type of engineering subject—the engineering bystander, referring to those situated within the engineering ecological network yet failing to effectively assume responsibility. The responsibility deficiency of engineering bystanders represents a reflective response to the attribution dilemma in engineering ecology. It stems not only from individual moral disengagement but also from the structural interplay of ecological complexity and intelligent technological embedding. Addressing this issue cannot rely solely on conventional role-based responsibility allocation or regulatory instruments. Instead, it requires elevating ethical responsibility to the ecological level, emphasizing an ecosystem-oriented conception of responsibility as the foundation for reconstructing moral agency and achieving the effective bearing of responsibility within engineering ecology. Key Words: Engineering ecology; Engineering bystanders; Responsibility absence; Engineering-Niche responsibilityIssue:Volume 48, lssue 6, June 2026Page: 1-9
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