Nanoethics Group’s anthology covers near- and long-term societal impacts of nanotech

August 3, 2007 — The Nanoethics Group has released a collection of papers that it says is the first to address both urgent and distant issues related to nanotechnology’s impact on society. Published by John Wiley & Sons, the 416-page anthology includes papers from nearly 40 contributors worldwide including Mihail Roco (US NSF) and Ray Kurzweil (Kurzweil Technologies.

Titled Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology it tackles a full range of issues facing nanotechnology, such as those related to: benefits, risk, environment, health, human enhancement, privacy, military, democracy, education, humanitarianism, molecular manufacturing, space exploration, artificial intelligence, life extension, and more. The anthology also reprints seminal articles, such as Bill Joy’s “Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us” that already had sparked much debate.

The paperback version is priced at $39.95 to encourage university and broader adoption as a way to further public discourse in nanoethics.

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