用AI工作流辅助伦理讨论,不给答案只帮理清思路。
An Ethical eValuation Agent (EeVA): Results of a Proof-of-Concept Test on a Prototype Agentic-like Workflow to Assist Ethical Deliberations
- 构建基于大模型的三阶段工作流,支持多伦理框架对比分析。
- 在3个真实案例中输出结构化评估与整合结论,识别共识与分歧。
- 适合缺乏伦理训练的人员使用,帮助理解复杂伦理问题。
伦理讨论常被误解为寻找单一对错答案,给非专业人员带来挑战。我们开发了EeVA,一个类智能体的LLM工作流,旨在支持比较性伦理反思而非给出确定答案。EeVA通过n8n实现三个连接流程:启动、处理和输出模块,将上传的案例对照10种伦理框架进行评估与综合。概念验证测试使用了城市交通、点对点能源交易和社会服务资源分配三个公开案例。在所有案例中,EeVA均生成结构一致的框架专属评估及整合报告,能区分不同框架观点,识别共识与分歧,建议优化以增强一致性,并指出持续存在的伦理张力。综合输出对非专业人士可读,引导关注设计条件、保障措施及跨框架难以达成一致的领域。结果表明,可通过合理设计使大模型工作流在保持伦理多元性的前提下,弥合伦理专家与非专业人员间的沟通鸿沟。EeVA的价值在于支撑结构化伦理讨论,而非替代伦理学家或解决道德分歧。该工具为资源有限情境下的伦理反思提供了有前景的概念验证。未来需在可复现性、人工评估、用户测试和效率方面进一步研究,方可成为成熟工具。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Ethical deliberation is often misunderstood as a search for single right or wrong answers, creating difficulties for non-ethically trained personnel who must address ethically laden challenges. We developed EeVA, an agentic-like LLM-based workflow designed to support comparative ethical reflection rather than deliver definitive ethical answers. EeVA was programmed in n8n using three interconnected workflows: starter, worker, and emitter. It evaluated uploaded use cases against 10 ethical frameworks through evaluator and synthesis prompts. Proof-of-concept testing used three published cases from urban mobility, peer-to-peer energy trading, and social-service resource allocation. Across all cases, EeVA produced consistently structured framework-specific evaluations and integrated syntheses. Outputs differentiated between frameworks, identified convergences and divergences, recommended modifications to increase alignment, and highlighted persistent ethical tensions. Syntheses were readable for non-specialists and shifted attention away from simplistic answers toward design conditions, safeguards, and areas where full cross-framework agreement was unlikely. The findings suggest that LLMs can be organised into usable workflows that preserve ethical plurality while helping bridge the communicative gap between ethicists and non-ethically trained personnel. EeVA's value lies not in replacing ethicists or resolving moral disagreement, but in scaffolding structured ethical deliberation. EeVA offers a promising proof of concept for supporting ethical reflection where access to ethics expertise is limited. Further work is needed on reproducibility, human evaluation, user testing, and efficiency before it can be considered a mature tool.
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