How should we do nanoethics? A network approach for discerning ethical issues in nanotechnology

被引：4

作者：

van de Poel I. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] School of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft

来源：

NanoEthics | 2008年 / 2卷 / 1期

关键词：

Ethical issues; Ethics; Moral methodology; Nanoethics; Nanotechnology; Network analysis; Research and development;

D O I：

10.1007/s11569-008-0026-y

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摘要：

There is no agreement on how nanoethics should proceed. In this article I focus on approaches for discerning ethical issues in nanotechnology, which is as of yet one of the most difficult and urging tasks for nanoethics. I discuss and criticize two existing approaches for discerning ethical issues in nanotechnology and propose a network approach as alternative. I discuss debates in nanoethics about the desirable role of ethics in nanotechnological development and about the newness of ethical issues in nanotechnology. On basis of a critical analysis of both debates, I formulate a number of desiderata for a method for discerning ethical issues in nanotechnology and argue that the network approach that my colleagues and I have developed for ethical issues in research and development networks is also appropriate in nanotechnology. © The Author(s) 2008.

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