Nanotechnology & Society: Current and Emerging Ethical Issues

✍ Scribed by Fritz Allhoff (auth.), Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 314
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

FRITZ ALLHOFF, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University and Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at The Australian National University.

PATRICK LIN, PhD, is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and has academic appointments at Dartmouth College and Western Michigan University. Both editors are also co-founders of The Nanoethics Group.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
On the Autonomy and Justification of Nanoethics....Pages 3-38
The Presumptive Case for Nanotechnology....Pages 39-54
The Bearable Newness of Nanoscience, or: How Not to Get Regulated Out of Business....Pages 55-71
Ethics, Risk, and Nanotechnology: Responsible Approaches to Dealing with Risk....Pages 75-89
Intuitive Toxicology: The Public Perception of Nanoscience....Pages 91-108
Environmental Holism and Nanotechnology....Pages 109-123
Nanotechnology's Future: Considerations for the Professional1....Pages 127-146
The Tangled Web of Tiny Things: Privacy Implications of Nano-electronics....Pages 147-162
Carbon Nanotube Patent Thickets....Pages 163-184
Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine: A Condensed Version of the EGE Opinion 21....Pages 187-206
Emerging Issues in Nanomedicine and Ethics....Pages 207-223
Nanoscience, Nanoscientists, and Controversy....Pages 225-239
Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities....Pages 243-263
Cultural Diversity in Nanotechnology Ethics....Pages 265-280
Transnational Nanotechnology Governance: A Comparison of the US and China....Pages 281-299

✦ Subjects

Ethics; Nanotechnology; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Technology