“罪”与“赎”——关于人类工程之“非”的反省与超越

工程作为人的存在方式,具有历史生成性。尽管工程的发生与发展不仅创造、呈现和积淀着人类古往今来的物质和精神文明,而且确证、提升着人之为人的类本性,但由于人的理性、能力和人自身的有限性以及工程活动的复杂性,就使得人为的、人工开物的工程具有非完善性,无论对自然还是对人类自身都具有潜在的风险性或现实的威胁性,甚至以异化的形式奴役人。所以,工程既有功也有过,人类因工程之罪而遭到自然的报复和惩罚,以至于引发了前所未有的生态和生存危机。这就警醒我们必须反思征服、宰制自然的工程实践,在肯定工程之是的同时,正视、检讨工程之非,进而优化工程观,并在现实中以赎罪之感合理地规范工程行动,自觉地建构无为、善为的工程,寻求人与自然的和解。

Sin and Redemption:The Question Concerning Engineering

Engineering is human way of existence,and it has the character of historical becoming.Though,generation and development of engineering have been not only creating,presenting and accumulating human material civilization and spiritual civilization from antiqueness to nowadays,but also confirming and promoting human essence.However,due to limitations of human reason and ability as well as complexity of engineering lead to human self-making and artificial engineering which possesses non-perfect character,potent...