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An Invitation to Debate: Review of Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law
Volume 4, Issue 2
Authors:
Aaron R. Petty, Nanotechnology Law & Business
Abstract:
"Emergent technologies often attract the attention of both hypesters and fear-mongers.”
Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law offers a little of each. While suggesting offers
boundless possibilities, this collection of essays offers a sobering look at the emerging
potential of the field. In particular, the editors are concerned with the ethics of potentially
transformative technology and its accompanying legal and societal consequences both on
people and on nanotechnology itself. Although the issues presented are important and the editors deserve
credit for initiating the discussion, it seems somewhat premature to anticipate specific ethical and legal
responses to technologies that are, as yet, only “feasible” and “still distant.” Unfortunately, the current
state of technology ultimately limits this contribution to broad generalizations and the foreshadowing of
potential problems.
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