生物伦理问题是科学、宗教和传统知识或本土知识首要关注的问题。本土参照系可以为世界提供的,是对精神、神圣的东西和(原住民文化仪式中暗含的)“塔布”(tabu,神圣)在伦理学讨论中的恰当地位作出重新评价。本文探讨了伦理在萨摩亚本土参照系中的可能意涵。萨摩亚原住民文化的两个主要概念———“塔布”和“托发-萨伊里”(tofasa’ili,求智),被放置到当代萨摩亚人对伦理的体验和理解的情景当中考察。如果说伦理学探讨的是道德原则和价值,那么这两个萨摩亚概念为在萨摩亚本土背景下的伦理学研究提供了依据。本文的目的是提供一个萨摩亚参照框架,以便深入思考生物伦理研究的普遍规范和太平洋地区符合伦理的研究实践的本质。 The issue of bioethics is a primary concern of science, religion and traditional or indigenous knowledge. The local frame of reference, which the world can provide, is a reevaluation of the proper position of spirit, sacred things and (discussed in aboriginal cultural rituals) tabu (sacred) in ethical discourse. This article explores the possible implications of ethics in the Samoa native frame of reference. The two main concepts of Samoan Aboriginal culture, Taub and Tofasa’ili, are placed in the contemporary Samoan experience of ethics and Understand the scene of the investigation. If ethics explores ethical principles and values, then the two Samoan concepts provide the basis for ethnographic research in Samoa’s native context. The purpose of this paper is to provide a Samoan frame of reference for a deeper reflection on the universal norms of bioethical research and the nature of ethical research practices in the Pacific.