Overview
- Global governance focus (including authors from a number of global organisations)
- Exploration of the nanotechnology-biotechnology convergence
- Transatlantic perspective (deliberate inclusion of global perspectives from US, Europe and developing world).
- Interdisciplinary approach to issues drawing on authors from across the natural sciences and social sciences
- Balanced framing of nanoethics as an emerging discipline associated with, but distinct from other branches of applied ethics
Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 10)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Concepts and Novelty
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Opportunities and Challenges
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Risks and Precaution
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About this book
The volume contributes to the ongoing nanoethics debate in four topical areas. The first part tackles questions of what could be called ‘meta-nanoethics’. Its focus lies on basic concepts and the issue of what - if anything - is truly novel and special about the new field of nanoethics or its subject matter. The second part of this volume presents a selection of interesting perspectives on some of the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology. Part three takes a more in depth look at one of the most pressing current concerns: how to deal with the risks and uncertainties surrounding nanotechnology in a responsible manner. In its fourth and final part the volume touches on issues of public debate and policy.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“In Pursuit of Nanoethics is a welcome contribution to the field. I found myself recommending many of the selections to colleagues working in various areas of applied ethics and have gone back to many of the pieces to inform my own future research directions. From the novice student to the experienced scholar, this volume has something to offer for everyone, especially for those interested in integrating publics into the discourse around nanoethics.” (Stephanie E. Vasko, NanoEthics, Vol. 8, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: In Pursuit of Nanoethics
Editors: Bert Gordijn, Anthony Mark Cutter
Series Title: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6817-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6816-4Published: 11 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0473-9Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6817-1Published: 30 September 2013
Series ISSN: 1875-0044
Series E-ISSN: 1875-0036
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 211
Topics: Ethics, Law, general, Nanotechnology, Social Sciences, general, R & D/Technology Policy