Nanotechnology & Society

Current and Emerging Ethical Issues

Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
300 Seiten
2008
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-6208-7 (ISBN)

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Nanotechnology & Society is a collection of sixteen papers focused on the most urgent issues arising from nanotechnology today and in the near future. Written by leading researchers, policy experts, and nanoethics scholars worldwide, the book is divided into five units: foundational issues; risk and regulation; industry and policy; the human condition; and selected global issues. The essays tackle such contentious issues as environmental impact, health dangers, medical benefits, intellectual property, professional code of ethics, privacy, international governance, and more.

Foundational Issues.- On the Autonomy and Justification of Nanoethics.- The Presumptive Case for Nanotechnology.- The Bearable Newness of Nanoscience, or: How Not to Get Regulated Out of Business.- Risk and Regulation.- Ethics, Risk, and Nanotechnology: Responsible Approaches to Dealing with Risk.- Intuitive Toxicology: The Public Perception of Nanoscience.- Environmental Holism and Nanotechnology.- Industry and Policy.- Nanotechnology's Future: Considerations for the Professional1.- The Tangled Web of Tiny Things: Privacy Implications of Nano-electronics.- Carbon Nanotube Patent Thickets.- The Human Condition.- Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine: A Condensed Version of the EGE Opinion 21.- Emerging Issues in Nanomedicine and Ethics.- Nanoscience, Nanoscientists, and Controversy.- Global Issues.- Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities.- Cultural Diversity in Nanotechnology Ethics.- Transnational Nanotechnology Governance: A Comparison of the US and China.

Zusatzinfo XXXIV, 300 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 240 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik
Naturwissenschaften
Technik
ISBN-10 1-4020-6208-7 / 1402062087
ISBN-13 978-1-4020-6208-7 / 9781402062087
Zustand Neuware
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