从转基因食品之争看科学公信力的危机与重建

Debate over Genetically Modified Food: The Crisis and Reconstruction of Scientific Credibility

摘要:

自转基因动植物作为商业化食品用于人们的日常消费以来,与之相关的技术问题、政治经济问题以及哲学与伦理问题便成为人们对于转基因食品争论的焦点。针对这些争论,科学家群体未能发挥平息科学争论的社会职能,原因在于,当前科学体制面临着科学公信力危机。本研究以转基因食品之争为研究对象,分析转基因食品之争中科学公信力危机的内外诱因,包括科学共同体认可中的信任困境、科学语言的生活性转化不畅、科学机构履行其社会责任不及时,以及科学公信力授权机制的不完善。由此,本文着重于探讨我国科学公信力在法律规范、科学教育、传播沟通方面的建设路径。

Abstract:

Since transgenic plants and animals have been used as commercial foods for daily consumption, technical issues, political and economic issues, and philosophical and ethical issues became the focus of debate on genetically modified foods. In response to these controversies, the group of scientists failed to play the role because the contemporary scientific system faced a crisis of scientific credibility. This study taken the GM food dispute as the research object, analyzed the internal and external incentives of the scientific credibility crisis in the GM food dispute, including the trust dilemma in the scientific community recognition, the poor conversion of the scientific language, the failure of the scientific institution to fulfill its social responsibility, and the imperfection of the scientific credibility authorized mechanism. Based on these analyses, we focused on the social construction path of China"s scientific credibility in norms, education, and communication.