Nanoethics : big ethical issues with small technology /
Dónal P. O'Mathúna
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2009
- xii, 235 p. ; 21 cm.
- Think now .
- Think now .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-228) and index
Nanotechnology : in search of a definition -- Developing nanotechnology : in the beginning -- Ethics and nanotechnology : what's the story? -- Dealing with risk : preying on fear -- Precaution : more forwards slowly -- Global nanotech : turning the world upside down -- Nanomedicine : honey, I shrunk the doctor -- Enhancement : becoming better than healthy -- The posthuman future : making room for human dignity -- Technology and the future : revisiting Daedalus and Icarus