Nanotechnology & Society - Current and Emerging Ethical Issues

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.

List of contents

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Frit Allhoff (Editor), Fritz Allhoff (Editor), Lin (Editor), Lin (Editor), Patrick Lin (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2009
• EAN: 9781402062087
• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6208-7
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 25 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 539 g
• Illustrations: XXXIV, 300 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Nanotechnologie, C, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS, Philosophy of Science, Technology: general issues, Philosophy of Technology, Nanotechnology, Religion and Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Philosophy and science