Ethics of Emerging Technologies - 9780471692126
Un libro in lingua di Budinger Thomas F. Budinger Miriam D. M.D. edito da John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2006
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An insightful guide to understanding and navigating the ethical issues faced by anyone affected by the ethical dilemmas associated with current and emerging technologies
Ethics of Emerging Technologies provides the background, insight, and tools for approaching and solving ethical dilemmas across a broad range of topics. The text discusses ethical problems, using examples and reasoning tools that will aid engineers, scientists, managers, administrators, and the public who wish to understand risks, benefits, and possible approaches to resolving conflicts associated with new technologies in the context of the global community.
Solutions we choose to ethical dilemmas accompanying new technologies will profoundly affect future generations. Scientific facts and guides to decision-making for all associated with emerging technologies are presented. Some of the topics are:
* Human health and environmental effects of alternative energy production methods
* Communications and privacy
* Plagiarism and authorship
* Genetic modification of organisms
* Human and animal experimentation
* Synthetic biology and bioterrorism
* Confidentiality in science, engineering, and business communications
* Risks and consequences of enhancing human beings through new technologies
* Cloning of human beings and stem cell research
* Brain modifications
* Space exploration
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Ethics of Emerging Technologies
- Sottotitolo: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Budinger Thomas F. Budinger Miriam D. M.D.
- Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Collana: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 07 Aprile '06
- Genere: TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING
- Argomenti : Technology Philosophy Technology Moral and ethical aspects Science Moral and ethical aspects
- Pagine: 496
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 190 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0471692123
- EAN-13: 9780471692126