THE RELATIVISM DILEMMA IN AI VALUE ALIGNMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONTEXT-ADAPTIVE PLURALISTIC ETHICAL FRAMEWORK
Keywords:
AI value alignment, Cultural relativism, Universalism, Pluralistic ethics, Contextual adaptabilityAbstract
The alignment of artificial intelligence (AI) with human values is not merely a technical challenge but a profound ethical conundrum. Value alignment seeks to ensure that AI systems behave in accordance with human values; however, the relativity of value norms across cultural communities renders “singular alignment” unattainable. This paper examines the cultural relativism dilemma in AI value alignment from two perspectives: first, the philosophical tension between universalism and relativism; second, the encoding difficulties of plural cultural values in technical implementation. Through this analysis, the paper argues that effective value alignment must be grounded in a context-adaptive pluralistic ethical framework that respects cultural differences while avoiding moral relativism.References
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