Nanotechnology & Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiv

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2. Foundational Issues

   1. On the Autonomy and Justification of Nanoethics

      • Fritz Allhoff

      Pages 3-38

   2. The Presumptive Case for Nanotechnology

      • Paul B. Thompson

      Pages 39-54

   3. The Bearable Newness of Nanoscience, or: How Not to Get Regulated Out of Business

      • Arthur Zucker

      Pages 55-71

3. Risk and Regulation

   1. Ethics, Risk, and Nanotechnology: Responsible Approaches to Dealing with Risk

      Pages 75-89

   2. Intuitive Toxicology: The Public Perception of Nanoscience

      • David M. Berube

      Pages 91-108

   3. Environmental Holism and Nanotechnology

      • Thomas M. Powers

      Pages 109-123

4. Industry and Policy

   1. Nanotechnology's Future: Considerations for the Professional1

      • Ashley Shew

      Pages 127-146

   2. The Tangled Web of Tiny Things: Privacy Implications of Nano-electronics

      • Jeroen van den Hoven

      Pages 147-162

   3. Carbon Nanotube Patent Thickets

      • Drew L. Harris

      Pages 163-184

5. The Human Condition

   1. Ethical Aspects of Nanomedicine: A Condensed Version of the EGE Opinion 21

      Pages 187-206

   2. Emerging Issues in Nanomedicine and Ethics

      • Raj Bawa, Summer Johnson

      Pages 207-223

   3. Nanoscience, Nanoscientists, and Controversy

      • Jason Scott Robert

      Pages 225-239

6. Global Issues

   1. Nanotechnology and the Poor: Opportunities

      • Todd F. Barker, Leili Fatehi, Michael T. Lesnick, Timothy J. Mealey, Rex R. Raimond

      Pages 243-263

   2. Cultural Diversity in Nanotechnology Ethics

      • Joachim Schummer

      Pages 265-280

   3. Transnational Nanotechnology Governance: A Comparison of the US and China

      • Evan S. Michelson, David Rejeski

      Pages 281-299

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.

• Nanotube
• envisioning the future
• ethics
• human enhancement
• nanoethics
• nanomedicine
• nanotechnology
• philosophy
• privacy

• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA

  Fritz Allhoff

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA

  Patrick Lin

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