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
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Philosophy and Medicine VOLUME 101 Founding Co-Editor Stuart F. Spicker
Senior Editor H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., Department of Philosophy, Rice University, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Associate Editor Lisa M. Rasmussen, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina Editorial Board George J. Agich, Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Nicholas Capaldi, College of Business Administration, Loyola University, New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana Edmund Erde, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey Christopher Tollefsen, Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J., President Loyola University, New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Fabrice Jotterand Editor
Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology
Editor Fabrice Jotterand University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, USA
ISBN 978-1-4020-8648-9
e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8649-6
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Contents
Introduction Beyond Feasibility: Why Ethics Is Important for Bionanotechnology ..................................................................................... Fabrice Jotterand
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Knowledge Production in Nanotechnoscience The World View of Nanotechnology – Philosophical Reflections ................ Andreas Woyke
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Nanomachine: Technological Concept or Metaphor? .................................. Xavier Guchet and Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
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No Future for Nanotechnology? Historical Development vs. Global Expansion .............................................. Alfred Nordmann
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Ethics and (Bio)Nanotechnology Bionanotechnology: A New Challenge for Ethical Reflection? ..................................................................................... Christoph Baumgartner
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Nanoparticles: Risk Management and the Precautionary Principle ..................................................................... Armin Grunwald
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Anticipating the Unknown: The Ethics of Nanotechnology ......................... 103 Joseph C. Pitt
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Applications of Nanotechnology in the Biomedical Sciences: Small Materials, Big Impacts, and Unknown Consequences ....................... 117 Audy G. Whitman, Phelps J. Lambert, Ossie F. Dyson, and Shaw M. Akula Public Policy and (Bio)Nanotechnology Nanobiotechnology
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