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Handbook of Nanoethics
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Abstract

Sound occupational health risk management programs are the grease for the machinery of powerful economic engines. Information provided through occupational health programs helps employers survive because accidents and disease are not simply expensive but wasteful. No one can afford waste in our economy. The fat to be trimmed, however, is not the same as the grease for the wheels and machinery that makes smooth commerce.

Abstract

Sound occupational health risk management programs are the grease for the machinery of powerful economic engines. Information provided through occupational health programs helps employers survive because accidents and disease are not simply expensive but wasteful. No one can afford waste in our economy. The fat to be trimmed, however, is not the same as the grease for the wheels and machinery that makes smooth commerce.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface: Converging technologies from the nanoscale require enhanced ethics VII
  3. Forewords XI
  4. Acknowledgments XVII
  5. Contents XIX
  6. Introduction: Overall vision of ethics in nanotechnology developments XXIII
  7. Embedding ethics in nanomedicine: Europe acted promptly XXVII
  8. List of contributing authors XXXVII
  9. About the editors XLI
  10. Part I: Highlights of ethics in nanotechnology
  11. 1 Nanoethics: Giving orientation to societal reflection 3
  12. Part II: Nanotechnology and ethical reflections
  13. 2 Toward a revitalized vision of ethics and safety for the revolutionary nanotechnologies 23
  14. 3 Nanotechnology: Ethical guidelines for a disruptive technology 43
  15. 4 Defining the nanoethics frontier 57
  16. 5 Application of nanotechnology for dental implants 75
  17. 6 Nanomaterial characterization for nanoethics 95
  18. Part III: Health, environment and industrial aspects of nanoethics
  19. 7 Ethical aspects of nanomaterials in industry 119
  20. 8 Militarization of nanotechnology 145
  21. 9 Nanotechnology in food: Ethics, industry practices, and regulatory frameworks 159
  22. 10 Ethical challenge of nanomedicine 177
  23. 11 Nanofood and ethical issues 191
  24. Part IV: Nanotechnology governance: Societal and legal aspects
  25. 12 Nanoethics for safe work: philosophical foundations of safer nanodesign protecting workplace health 209
  26. 13 Twenty years of nanoethics: Challenges, clarifications, and achievements 273
  27. Part V: Nanotechnology philosophy: Dilemmas and ethical issues
  28. 14 Christian thinking and acting in nanotechnologies: Reflection based on the principles and values of the Social Teaching of the Church based on apps concerning old people 295
  29. 15 Calibrating the balance: The ethics of regulating the production and use of nanotechnology applications 331
  30. 16 Importance of social morals in nanotechnology 343
  31. 17 Revitalizing nanoethics: Nanotechnology at the center of nanoethics 361
  32. Conclusion 373
  33. Index 377
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110669282-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface: Converging technologies from the nanoscale require enhanced ethics VII
  3. Forewords XI
  4. Acknowledgments XVII
  5. Contents XIX
  6. Introduction: Overall vision of ethics in nanotechnology developments XXIII
  7. Embedding ethics in nanomedicine: Europe acted promptly XXVII
  8. List of contributing authors XXXVII
  9. About the editors XLI
  10. Part I: Highlights of ethics in nanotechnology
  11. 1 Nanoethics: Giving orientation to societal reflection 3
  12. Part II: Nanotechnology and ethical reflections
  13. 2 Toward a revitalized vision of ethics and safety for the revolutionary nanotechnologies 23
  14. 3 Nanotechnology: Ethical guidelines for a disruptive technology 43
  15. 4 Defining the nanoethics frontier 57
  16. 5 Application of nanotechnology for dental implants 75
  17. 6 Nanomaterial characterization for nanoethics 95
  18. Part III: Health, environment and industrial aspects of nanoethics
  19. 7 Ethical aspects of nanomaterials in industry 119
  20. 8 Militarization of nanotechnology 145
  21. 9 Nanotechnology in food: Ethics, industry practices, and regulatory frameworks 159
  22. 10 Ethical challenge of nanomedicine 177
  23. 11 Nanofood and ethical issues 191
  24. Part IV: Nanotechnology governance: Societal and legal aspects
  25. 12 Nanoethics for safe work: philosophical foundations of safer nanodesign protecting workplace health 209
  26. 13 Twenty years of nanoethics: Challenges, clarifications, and achievements 273
  27. Part V: Nanotechnology philosophy: Dilemmas and ethical issues
  28. 14 Christian thinking and acting in nanotechnologies: Reflection based on the principles and values of the Social Teaching of the Church based on apps concerning old people 295
  29. 15 Calibrating the balance: The ethics of regulating the production and use of nanotechnology applications 331
  30. 16 Importance of social morals in nanotechnology 343
  31. 17 Revitalizing nanoethics: Nanotechnology at the center of nanoethics 361
  32. Conclusion 373
  33. Index 377
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