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10Esse est PercipiIn Lee C. McIntyre, Nancy Arden McHugh & Ian Olasov (eds.), A companion to public philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2022.In its widest sense, public relations is about productively communicating with a broader audience, either directly or indirectly, such as through journalist interviews. Academic writing can be abstruse and lengthy, while media coverage can translate those difficult ideas into ordinary language in a more digestible form. Media articles are much easier to share; even as more paywalls are erected on media sites, they're still typically far cheaper than accessing academic journal articles, if not co…Read more
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5EnvironmentIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Society, Technology, and the Environment Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Solutions to Environmental Problems Overall Assessments: Risk and Precaution.
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6MilitaryIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: The Military and Technology A Nano‐Enabled Military A Nano‐Enabled Defense System Ethical Concerns.
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3Risk and PrecautionIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Risk Cost–Benefit Analysis Precautionary Principles Evaluating the Precautionary Principle.
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5Equity and AccessIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Distributive Justice Nanotechnology and the Developing World Water Purification Solar Energy Medicine Nanotechnology, the Developing World, and Distributive Justice.
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3Regulating NanotechnologyIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: The Stricter‐Law Argument Learning from History Objections to the Stricter‐Law Argument An Interim Solution? Putting the Pieces Together.
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6Applied NanotechnologyIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Using Nanomaterials Nanotechnology Computing and Robotics Predicting the Future of Technology.
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4NanomaterialsIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Formation of Materials Carbon Nanomaterials Inorganic Nanomaterials.
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8The Basics of NanotechnologyIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Definitions and Scales The Origins of Nanotechnology The Current State of Nanotechnology The Future of Nanotechnology Nanotechnology in Nature and Applications.
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5Tools of the TradeIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Seeing the Nanoscale Basic Governing Theories.
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4ConclusionIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Chapter Summaries Final Thoughts and Future Investigations.
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5PrivacyIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: Historical and Legal Background Philosophical Foundations Radio Frequency Identity Chips Item‐Level Tagging Human Implants RFID‐Chipped Identification Is RFID a Threat to Privacy?
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4Human EnhancementIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: What is Human Enhancement? Defining Human Enhancement The Therapy–Enhancement Distinction Human Enhancement Scenarios Untangling the Issues in Human Enhancement Restricting Human Enhancement Technologies?
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4MedicineIn Fritz Allhoff, Patrick Lin & Daniel Moore (eds.), What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to Ethics, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.This chapter contains sections titled: The Rise of Nanomedicine Diagnostics and Medical Records Treatment Moving Forward.
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36Robot Ethics 2.0: From Autonomous Cars to Artificial Intelligence (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.As robots slip into more domains of human life - from the operating room to the bedroom - they take on our morally important tasks and decisions, as well as create new risks from psychological to physical. This book answers the urgent call to study their ethical, legal, and policy impacts.
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350I, Spy Robot: The Ethics of Robots in National Intelligence ActivitiesIn Jai Galliott & Warren Reed (eds.), Ethics and the Future of Spying: Technology, National Security and Intelligence Collection, Routledge. pp. 145-157. 2016.In this chapter, we examine the key moral issues for the intelligence community with regard to the use of robots for intelligence collection. First, we survey the diverse range of spy robots that currently exist or are emerging, and examine their value for national security. This includes describing a number of plausible scenarios in which they have been (or could be) used, including: surveillance, attack, sentry, information collection, delivery, extraction, detention, interrogation and as Troj…Read more
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8Nanotechnology & Society: Current and Emerging Ethical Issues (edited book)Springer. 2008.The essays tackle such contentious issues as environmental impact, health dangers, medical benefits, intellectual property, professional code of ethics, privacy ...
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33Arctic 2.0: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Develop a FrontierEthics and International Affairs 33 (2): 193-205. 2019.
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2935Robot Ethics 2. 0: New Challenges in Philosophy, Law, and Society (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2017.As robots slip into more domains of human life-from the operating room to the bedroom-they take on our morally important tasks and decisions, as well as create new risks from psychological to physical. This book answers the urgent call to study their ethical, legal, and policy impacts.
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290Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics (edited book)MIT Press. 2011.Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent scholars and experts from both science and the humanities to explore these and other questions in th…Read more
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24What is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter: From Science to EthicsWiley-Blackwell. 2009.Ongoing research in nanotechnology promises both innovations and risks, potentially and profoundly changing the world. This book helps to promote a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology, offering an informed and impartial look at the technology, its science, and its social impact and ethics. Nanotechnology is crucial for the next generation of industries, financial markets, research labs, and our everyday lives; this book provides an informed and balanced look at nanotechn…Read more
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96Nanoethics seeks to examine the potential risks and rewards of applications of nanotechnology. This up-to-date anthology gives the reader an introduction to and basic foundation in nanotechnology and nanoethics, and then delves into near-, mid-, and far-term issues. Comprehensive and authoritative, it: - Goes beyond the usual environmental, health, and safety (EHS) concerns to explore such topics as privacy, nanomedicine, human enhancement, global regulation, military, humanitarianism, education…Read more
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39War robots clearly hold tremendous advantages-from saving the lives of our own soldiers, to safely defusing roadside bombs, to operating in inaccessible and dangerous environments such as mountainside caves and underwater. Without emotions and other liabilities on the battlefield, they could conduct warfare more ethically and effectively than human soldiers who are susceptible to overreactions, anger, vengeance, fatigue, low morale, and so on. But the use of robots, especially autonomous ones, r…Read more
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16Commercial space travel is looking more like a real possibility than science fiction, but tied to that ambition we may be held back by the gravity of emerging ethical dilemmas. This viewpoint article surveys a range of social, economic, and political questions, and critically evaluates reasons why we should explore space. The usual ethical issues related to environmental and safety concerns are just the beginning, as there are other interesting questions, such as: what would be a fair process fo…Read more
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60Nanoscience and nanoethics: Defining the disciplinesNanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology. forthcoming.This introduction provides background information on the emerging field of nanotechnology and its ethical dimensions. After defining nanotechnology and briefly discussing its status as a discipline, about which there exists a meta-controversy, this introduction turns to a discussion of the status of nanoethics and lays out particular issues of concern in the field, both current and emerging.
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195Untangling the debate: The ethics of human enhancement (review)NanoEthics 2 (3): 251-264. 2008.Human enhancement, in which nanotechnology is expected to play a major role, continues to be a highly contentious ethical debate, with experts on both sides calling it the single most important issue facing science and society in this brave, new century. This paper is a broad introduction to the symposium herein that explores a range of perspectives related to that debate. We will discuss what human enhancement is and its apparent contrast to therapy; and we will begin to tease apart the myriad …Read more
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62Nanotechnology bound: Evaluating the case for more regulation (review)NanoEthics 1 (2): 105-122. 2007.In continuing news, there is a growing debate on whether current laws and regulations, both in the US and abroad, need to be strengthened as they relate to nanotechnology. On one side, experts argue that nanomaterials, which are making their way into the marketplace today, are possibly harmful to consumers and the environment, so stronger and new laws are needed to ensure they are safe. On the other side, different experts argue that more regulation will slow down the pace of business and innova…Read more
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49Robot ethics: Mapping the issues for a mechanized worldArtificial Intelligence 175 (5-6): 942-949. 2011.As with other emerging technologies, advanced robotics brings with it new ethical and policy challenges. This paper will describe the flourishing role of robots in society—from security to sex—and survey the numerous ethical and social issues, which we locate in three broad categories: safety & errors, law & ethics, and social impact. We discuss many of these issues in greater detail in our forthcoming edited volume on robot ethics from MIT Press.
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61Nanoethics and Human Enhancement: A Critical Evaluation of Recent ArgumentsNanotechnology Perceptions 2 47-52. 2006.Human enhancement – our ability to use technology to enhance our bodies and minds, as opposed to its application for therapeutic purposes – is a critical issue facing nanotechnology. It will be involved in some of the near-term applications of nanotechnology, with such research labs as MIT’s Institute for Soldier Technologies working on exoskeletons and other innovations that increase human strength and capabilities. It is also a core issue related to far-term predictions in nanotechnology, such…Read more
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136Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & AnswersStudies in Ethics, Law, and Technology 4 (1). 2010.This paper presents the principal findings from a three-year research project funded by the US National Science Foundation on ethics of human enhancement technologies. To help untangle this ongoing debate, we have organized the discussion as a list of questions and answers, starting with background issues and moving to specific concerns, including: freedom & autonomy, health & safety, fairness & equity, societal disruption, and human dignity. Each question-and-answer pair is largely self-contain…Read more
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
PhD
San Luis Obispo, California, United States of America
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Applied Ethics |
War and Violence |
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Ethics and Society |
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Technology Ethics |
Applied Ethics |
Philosophy of Law |
Social and Political Philosophy |
War and Violence |
Ethics and Society |