Join our mailing list
Get exclusive deals and learn about new products!
Skip to product information
Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment: Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology
Sale price
$49.49
Regular price
$54.99
Reliable shipping
Flexible returns
Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment: Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology
Hagen, Kristin; Engelhard, Margret; Toepfer, Georg
"Synthetic biology" is the label of a new technoscientific field with many different facets and agendas. One common aim is to "create life", primarily by using engineering principles to design and modify biological systems for human use. In a wider context, the topic has become one of the big cases in the legitimization processes associated with the political agenda to solve global problems with the aid of (bio-)technological innovation. Conceptual-level and meta-level analyses are needed: we should sort out conceptual ambiguities to agree on what we talk about, and we need to spell out agendas to see the disagreements clearly.
The book is based on the interdisciplinary summer school "Analyzing the societal dimensions of synthetic biology", which took place in Berlin in September 2014.
The contributions address controversial discussions around the philosophical examination, public perception, moral evaluation and governance of synthetic biology.Details
Published by: Springer
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783319210872
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21088-9
Dimensions: 235cm x155cm
Pages: 335