Ethics of Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral

Ethics of Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges

An insightful guide to understanding and navigating the ethical issues faced by anyone affected by the ethical dilemmas associated with current and emerging technologies

Ethics of Emerging Technologies provides the background, insight, and tools for approaching and solving ethical dilemmas across a broad range of topics. The text discusses ethical problems, using examples and reasoning tools that will aid engineers, scientists, managers, administrators, and the public who wish to understand risks, benefits, and possible approaches to resolving conflicts associated with new technologies in the context of the global community.

Solutions we choose to ethical dilemmas accompanying new technologies will profoundly affect future generations. Scientific facts and guides to decision-making for all associated with emerging technologies are presented. Some of the topics are:
* Human health and environmental effects of alternative energy production methods
* Communications and privacy
* Plagiarism and authorship
* Genetic modification of organisms
* Human and animal experimentation
* Synthetic biology and bioterrorism
* Confidentiality in science, engineering, and business communications
* Risks and consequences of enhancing human beings through new technologies
* Cloning of human beings and stem cell research
* Brain modifications
* Space exploration
Country USA
Brand Wiley
Manufacturer Wiley
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
Model Illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780471692126
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wiley
Manufacturer	Wiley
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
Model	Illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780471692126
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Ethics of Emerging Technologies: Scientific Facts and Moral Challenges

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