本文旨在探討當代應用倫理學的發展對哲學工作者的啟示。因此,首先略述應用倫理學的興起、發展與現況,其次探討這種新興學科對比於傳統哲學思維的差異,最後由此凸顯一種新的哲學態度或思維模式,並論及哲學工作者與其他專業間的合作模式。當代應用倫理學面對的各種挑戰:(一)因當代人的新意識而重新浮現的舊問題;(二)因新的情境而出現的新問題;(三)由新的基本概念而出現的新問題;(四)由新的關懷範圍而出現的新問題:(五)由新的倫理思維模式而出現的新問題。 新時代的哲學思維之建議:(一)哲學應該由內銷型的學術轉向外銷型的學術;(二)哲學應該向其他專業學習,並促成專業之間的尊重與合作:(三)理想與現實的調合;(四)多元價值社會中的協調模式;(五)在全球化下的文化差異與本土關懷。
This paper suggests that the contemporary development of applied ethics could be a lesson for academic philosophers. Applied ethics has answered the following problems: (1) old problems emerged in a new vision; (2) new problems emerged in new surroundings; (3) new problems combined with the change of fundamental ideas; (4) new problems combined with the expanding circle of moral concern; (5) new problems combined with the change of thought modes. And academic philosophers are suggested: (1) to care more about the external world rather than the internal world; (2) to learn more from other disciplines; (3) to compromise between the ideal and the practical; (4) to negotiate between different systems of value; (5) to hold local concern without neglecting the globalization.