Nanoethics

Foreword.
 
Ethical Choices in Nanotechnology Development (Mihail C. Roco).
 
1. Introduction: The Nanotechnology Debate.
 
1.1 What is Nanotechnology and Nanoethics (Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff)?
 
1.2 Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (Bill Joy).
 
1.3 On the National Agenda: US Congressional Testimony on the Societal Implications of Nanotechnology (Ray Kurzweil).
 
2. Background: Nanotechnology in Context.
 
2.0 Unit Introduction (John Weckert).
 
2.1 Nanotech's Promise: Overcoming Humanity's More Pressing Challenge (Christine Peterson and Jacob Heller).
 
2.2 Debating Nanotechnologies (Richard A. L. Jones).
 
2.3 In the Beginning: the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (Neal Lane and Thomas Kalil).
 
3. Issues: Preparing for the Next Revolution.
 
3.0 Unit Introduction (John Weckert).
 
3.1 The Nanotechnology (R)evolution (Charlie Tahan).
 
3.2 Technology Revolutions and the Problem of Prediction (Nick Bostrom).
 
3.3 Complexity and Uncertainty: A Prudential Approach to Nanotechnology (Jean-Pierre Dupuy).
 
3.4 The Precautionary Principle in Nanotechnology (John Weckert and James Moor).
 
4. Issues: Health and Environment.
 
4.0 Unit Introduction (Jim Moor).
 
4.1 Nanotechnology and Risk: What are the Issues (Anne Ingeborg Myhr and Roy Dalmo)?
 
4.2 Personal Choice in the Coming Era of Nanomedicine (Robert A. Freitas).
 
4.3 Are We Playing God with Nano-Enhancement (Ted Peters).
 
4.4 Anticipating the Political and Ethical Challenges of Human Nanotechnologies (David Guston, John Parsi, and Justin Tosi).
 
5. Issues: Democracy and Policy.
 
5.0 Unit Introduction (Jim Moor).
 
5.1 Global Technology Regulation and Potentially-Apocalyptic Technological Threats (James Hughes).
 
5.2 Deliberative Democracy and Nanotechnology, Colin Farrelly.
 
5.3 Rhetoric of 'Stakeholding'

Fritz Allhoff, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department 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 the Research Director for The Nanoethics Group and has academic appointments at Dartmouth College as well as Western Michigan University. James Moor, PhD, is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College as well as an Adjunct Professor with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at The Australian National University. John Weckert, PhD, is the Professor of Computer Ethics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professional Fellow at the Centre of Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, and Editor-in-Chief of Nanoethics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge on the Nanoscale.

"Das Buch wird Wissenschaftler(inne)n und Ingenieur(inn)en empfohlen, die in allen Bereichen der gegenwärtigen Nanowissenschaft und -technik arbeiten."Angewandte Chemie2008-120/21

"This is a thought provoking book Essential reading for scientists entering the realm of nanotechnology." ( Nanotechnology Perceptions , July 2008) "It is recommended reading for scientists and engineers working in all areas of present day nanoscience and nanotechnology." ( Angewandte Chemie , May 13, 2008) "...this compact collection is highly welcome." ( Angewandte Chemie , 2008 47/21) these essays will provide a broad background for those who have yet to discover the many benefits that may result. ( Chemistry and Industry , December 2007)