Fritz Allhoff et al.(eds.): Nanoethics &.Henk ten Have (ed.): Nanotechnologies, Ethics and Politics

摘要

In view of the revolutionary potentials frequently attributed to nanosciences and nanotechnologies with respect to nearly all fields of society and the indi-vidual life, it is not surprising that "nano" has found great interest in the media and in the public. In parallel to high expectations, e.g. in the fields of health, growth, and sustainable devel-opment, there are concerns about pos-sible risks and side-effects. Analyzing, deliberating, and assessing expectable impacts of nanotechnology on future society are regarded necessary parts of the present and future development. Research and reflection on nanotech-nology & society has emerged since the beginning of the decade and led already to the notion of a "nanoethics".