Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology
This volume provides a critical overview of the nature of nanotechnology (and its applications in the biomedical sciences, i.e. bionanotechnology) and the philosophical and ethico-legal issues it raises. This collection of thirteen articles represents an exploration by scholars from various discipli...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2008, 2008
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Beyond Feasibility: Why Ethics Is Important for Bionanotechnology
- Knowledge Production in Nanotechnoscience
- The World View of Nanotechnology – Philosophical Reflections
- Nanomachine: Technological Concept or Metaphor?
- No Future for Nanotechnology? Historical Development vs. Global Expansion
- Ethics and (Bio)Nanotechnology
- Bionanotechnology: A New Challenge for Ethical Reflection?
- Nanoparticles: Risk Management and the Precautionary Principle
- Anticipating the Unknown: The Ethics of Nanotechnology
- Applications of Nanotechnology in the Biomedical Sciences: Small Materials, Big Impacts, and Unknown Consequences
- Public Policy and (Bio)Nanotechnology
- Nanobiotechnology and Ethics: Converging Civil Society Discourses
- Allotropes of Fieldwork in Nanotechnology
- Law, Regulation and the Medical Use of Nanotechnology
- Human Enhancement and (Bio)Nanotechnology
- Stage Two Enhancements
- Nanotechnology, the Body and the Mind
- Nanotechnology and Human Flourishing: Toward a Framework for Assessing Radical Human Enhancements