DIMENSIONS OF NATURALNESS
DIMENSIONS OF NATURALNESS
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DOI：
10.2979/ete.2008.13.1.71
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
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0.4
通讯作者：
Siipi, Helena
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作者：
Siipi, Helena
本文提出了一种自然与不自然的分类方法。自然性的三种主要表现形式是：基于历史的自然性、基于属性的自然性和基于关系的自然性。每一个的许多子形式（和一些子形式的子形式）。子形式的不同之处在于被发现是（非）自然的实体，关于它们的全部包容性，以及（非）自然性是否被视为全有或全无的事情，或连续的梯度。这种概念分析是必要的，首先，因为讨论有关（非）自然性是常见的，在当前的生命伦理学和环境伦理学，第二，因为术语自然和非自然是非常模糊的。因此，缺乏对（不）自然性类型的准确定义可能会导致模棱两可，其他形式的糟糕论证，或者至少是素食主义。
This paper presents a way of classifying different forms of naturalness and unnaturalness. Three main forms of (un) naturalness are found as the following: history-based (un) naturalness, property-based (un) naturalness and relation-based (un) naturalness. Numerous subforms (and some subforms of the subforms) of each are presented. The subforms differ with respect to the entities that are found (un) natural, with respect to their all-inclusiveness, and whether (un) naturalness is seen as all-ornothing affair, or a continuous gradient. This kind of conceptual analysis is needed, first, because discussion concerning (un) naturalness is common in current bioethics and environmental ethics, and second, because the terms natural and unnatural are highly ambiguous. Thus, the lack of an exact definition of the type of (un) naturalness may lead into equivocation, other forms of bad argumentation, or at least vegueness.