Nanotechnology and Ethical Governance in the European Union and China Towards a Global Approach for Science and Technology /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Dalton-Brown, Sally (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Ethics.; Philosophy.; Economic policy.; Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Philosophy of Technology.

This book addresses questions surrounding the feasibility of a global approach to ethical governance of science and technology. The emergence and rapid spread of nanotechnology offers a test case for how the world might act when confronted with a technology that could transform the global economy an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introductory context
• What is Nanotechnology and What Should We Be Worried About?
• Bioethics as an Approach to Nano ethics in China and the EU
• Nano regulation
• pTA (participatory Technology Assessment), Habermas’s Dialogue/Discourse Ethics and Nanofora
• The Virtuous Discourse Agent
• Universalism Versus Relativism
• Conclusion: Discourse Ethics and the Dialectics of East-West Intersubjectivity.