Early engagement and new technologies: Opening up the laboratory

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Doorn, Neelke (Editor), Schuurbiers, Daan (Editor), van de Poel, Ibo (Editor), Gorman, Michael E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 16
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Economic policy.; Philosophy of Technology.; R & D/Technology Policy.

Despite the topic’s urgency and centrality, this is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive assessment of the varying approaches to early engagement with new technologies, including nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biotechnology and ICT. Covering five main approaches to early engagement—c...