美国当代作家理查德·鲍尔斯的小说《赢利》采用对位叙事记录了美国企业的成长历史与人类个体的衰亡过程,戏剧化地呈现了企业与人类之间“得”与“失”的隐喻性对话,突显出科学技术与资本主义商业共谋之下技术的异化现象。作为一部关注人类精神生态和科技伦理问题的小说,《赢利》以“肥皂”隐喻揭示出科技“给予”和“剥夺”的双重面目,同时借由癌症建立起克莱尔企业历史与主人公劳拉个体经历间的潜在关联。《赢利》对技术理性膨胀的批判以及对技术滥用可能造成的风险和后果的警觉,反映出鲍尔斯对科技伦理问题的深刻反思。 American contemporary writer Richard Bowers’s novels “Profits” use the narrative narration to record the growth history of American enterprises and the decay of human individuals, and dramatically presents the relationship between business and human beings. The metaphorical dialogue of “Lost ” highlights the alienation of technology under the complicity of science and technology and capitalist commerce. As a novel concerned with the ethos of human psychology and ethics of science and technology, “profit” reveals the dual appearance of science and technology “giving” and “deprivation” with the metaphor of “soap.” At the same time, The potential relationship between history and hero Laura ’s individual experience. The “profit” criticism of the expansion of technological rationality and the alert to the possible risks and consequences of technical abuse reflect Powers’ deep reflection on the issue of science and technology ethics.