What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter?: From Science to Ethics
ISBN: 9781405175449 | 1405175443
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 3/1/2010
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Nanotechnology is an immensely complex area poised to impact virtually all areas of life, ushering in the next technological revolution.What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. Divided into three sections, the book starts with a substantial introduction to the science of nanotechnology, then attends to basic issues and principles such as risk and regulations needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact, with the final... MORE
| Preface | |
| What is Nanotechnology? | |
| The Basics of Nanotechnology | |
| Definitions and Scales | |
| The Origins of Nanotechnology | |
| The Current State of Nanotechnology | |
| The Future of Nanotechnology | |
| Nanotechnology in Nature and Applications | |
| Tools of the Trade | |
| Seeing the Nanoscale | |
| Basic Governin... MORE | |
| Nanomaterials | |
| Formation of Materials | |
| Carbon Nanomaterials | |
| Inorganic Nanomaterials | |
| Applied Nanotechnology | |
| Using Nanomaterials | |
| Nanotechnology Computing and Robotics | |
| Predicting the Future of Technology | |
| Risk, Regulation, and Fairness | |
| Risk and Precaution | |
| Risk | |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis | |
| Precautionary Principles | |
| Evaluating the Precautionary Principle | |
| Regulating Nanotechnology | |
| The Stricter-Law Argument | |
| Learning from History | |
| Objections to the Stricter-Law Argument | |
| An Interim Solution? | |
| Putting the Pieces Together | |
| Equity and Access | |
| Distributive Justice | |
| Nanotechnology and the Developing World | |
| Water Purification | |
| Solar Energy | |
| Medicine | |
| Nanotechnology, the Developing World, and Distributive Justice | |
| Ethical and Social Implications | |
| Environment | |
| Society, Technology, and the Environment | |
| Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology | |
| Nanotechnology Solutions to Environmental Problems | |
| Overall Assessments: Risk and Precaution | |
| Military | |
| The Military and Technology | |
| A Nano-enabled Military | |
| A Nano-enabled Defense System | |
| Ethical Concerns | |
| Privacy | |
| Historical and Legal Background | |
| Philosophical Foundations | |
| Radio Frequency Identity Chips | |
| Item-Level Tagging | |
| Human Implants | |
| RFID-chipped Identification | |
| Is RFID a Threat to Privacy? | |
| Medicine | |
| The Rise of Nanomedicine | |
| Diagnostics and Medical Records | |
| Treatment | |
| Moving Forward | |
| Enhancement | |
| What is Human Enhancement? | |
| Defining Human Enhancement | |
| The Therapy-Enhancement Distinction | |
| Human Enhancement Scenarios | |
| Untangling the Issues in Human Enhancement | |
| Restricting Human Enhancement Technologies? | |
| Conclusion | |
| Chapter Summaries | |
| Final Thoughts and Future Investigations | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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