Nanoethics : the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology /
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6645178 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Ethical Choices in Nanotechnology Development
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I. Introduction: The Nanotechnology Debate
- 1. Nanoscience and Nanoethics: Defining the Disciplines
- 2. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
- 3. On the National Agenda: U.S. Congressional Testimony on the Societal Implications of Nanotechnology
- Part II. Background: Nanotechnology in Context
- 4. Nanotech's Promise: Overcoming Humanity's More Pressing Challenges
- 5. Debating Nanotechnologies
- 6. In the Beginning: The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative
- Part III. Issues: Preparing for the Next Revolution
- 7. The Nanotechnology R(Evolution)
- 8. Technology Revolutions and the Problem of Prediction
- 9. Complexity and Uncertainty: A Prudential Approach to Nanotechnology
- 10. The Precautionary Principle in Nanotechnology
- Part IV. Issues: Health and Environment
- 11. Nanotechnology and Risk: What Are the Issues?
- 12. Personal Choice in the Coming Era of Nanomedicine
- 13. Are We Playing God with Nanoenhancement?
- 14. Anticipating the Ethical and Political Challenges of Human Nanotechnologies
- Part V. Issues: Democracy and Policy
- 15. Global Technology Regulation and Potentially Apocalyptic Technological Threats
- 16. Deliberative Democracy and Nanotechnology
- 17. Rhetoric of "Stakeholding"
- 18. Rules of Engagement: Democracy and Dialogue in Creating Nanotechnology Futures
- Part VI. Issues: Broader Societal Impact
- 19. Nanotechnology and Privacy: Instructive Case of Rfid
- 20. Nanotechnology and the Military
- 21. Can Nanoscience be a Catalyst for Educational Reform?
- 22. Impact of Nanotechnologies on Developing Countries
- Part VII. Issues: The Distant Future?
- 23. Challenges and Pitfalls of Exponential Manufacturing
- 24. Nanoethics and the High Frontier
- 25. Ethics for Artificial Intellects
- 26. Nanotechnology and Life Extension
- Index
