The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight The Pacing Problem /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marchant, Gary E. (Editor), Allenby, Braden R. (Editor), Herkert, Joseph R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, 7
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Political science.; Artificial intelligence.; Nanotechnology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Philosophy of Law.; Philosophy of Technology.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower. This book addresses the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging responsiveness of legal an...