| Title | Nano-ethics as NEST-ethics: Patterns of Moral Argumentation About New and Emerging Science and Technology |
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| Published in | Nanoethics, Vol. 1, p.3-20. ISSN 1871-4757. |
| Author | Swierstra, Tjalling; Rip, Arie |
| Date | 2007 |
| Type | article |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Abstract | There might not be a specific nano-ethics, but there definitely is an ethics of new & emerging science and technology (NEST), with characteristic tropes and patterns of moral argumentation. Ethical discussion in and around nanoscience and technology reflects such NEST-ethics. We offer an inventory of the arguments, and show patterns in their evolution, in arenas full of proponents and opponents. We also show that there are some nano-specific issues: in how size matters, and when agency is delegated to smart devices. Our overall approach is a pragmatist ethics, and we conclude that struggle (and learning) might be more productive than models emphasizing consensus. |
| Publication | http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/72839 |
| Persistent Identifier | URN:NBN:NL:UI:28-72839 |
| Metadata | XML |
| Repository | University of Twente |
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