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Synthetic Biology
Joachim . Ed(S): Boldt
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Description for Synthetic Biology
Paperback. Editor(s): Boldt, Joachim. Series: Technikzukunfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAD; PSB; TBC; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Assessing synthetic biology from a societal and ethical perspective is not only a matter of determining possible harms and benefits of synthetic biology applications. Synthetic biology also incorporates a specific technoscientific understanding of its research agenda and its research objects that has philosophical and ethical implications. This edited volume sets out to explore and evaluate these synthetic biology worldviews and it proposes appropriate governance measures. In addition, legal challenges are discussed.
Assessing synthetic biology from a societal and ethical perspective is not only a matter of determining possible harms and benefits of synthetic biology applications. Synthetic biology also incorporates a specific technoscientific understanding of its research agenda and its research objects that has philosophical and ethical implications. This edited volume sets out to explore and evaluate these synthetic biology worldviews and it proposes appropriate governance measures. In addition, legal challenges are discussed.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
Technikzukunfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783658109875
SKU
V9783658109875
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Ref
99-15
About Joachim . Ed(S): Boldt
Dr. Joachim Boldt is Deputy Director at the Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin in Freiburg (Germany).
Reviews for Synthetic Biology
“This volume, edited by Boldt, attempts to explain the scope of Synthetic Biology, clarifies its distinction from technologies such as genetic engineering and nanotechnology, and discuss the ethical and legal concerns with which the field of Synthetic Biology specifically contends. … for anyone who is interested in forwarding their knowledge in the area of modern biotechnological innovation, its applications, and ... Read more