This book features a collection of sixteen papers focused on the most urgent issues arising from nanotechnology today and in the near future. The essays tackle such contentious issues as environmental impact, intellectual property, privacy, and more.

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.

All authors are among the leaders in the fields, and are all highly-regarded academics who play significant roles in the developments of these debates Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext
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.

Inhalt
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.