Nanotechnology and Ethics
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Graduate |
| Discipline(s): |
Engineering Ethics General Engineering, Engineering Science Nanotechnology |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Case Study |
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| Description: | "This resource page includes links and short discriptions of some of the major databases and nanotechnolgy institutes involved in the research of the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology. Please also see the bibliography page, and the NanoEthicsBank for major books, reports, articles, and studies on the social, environmental, and ethical implications of nanotechnology." In addition to their own resources, the nanotechnology databank is a well annotated list of other resources on nanotechnology as well. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(f) Understand professional and ethical responsibility (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: |
Comprehensive source of ethics materials and cases Good resources for cases and references on emerging technologies, including nano. Also a "NanoEthicsBank". |
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| Publication Date: | January 2007 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://ethics.iit.edu/NanoEthicsBank/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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