Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics

Bibliographic Data

ID11936668
AuthorsJoachim Schummer (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume31
Issue3
Pages217-230
Publication date2006-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInterdisciplinary Science Reviews (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-0188 • E-ISSN: 1743-2790
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/030801806x113757
OpenAlexW3024768173
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Along with the rapid worldwide advance of nanotechnology, debates on associated ethical issues have spread from local to international levels. However, unlike science and engineering issues, international perceptions of ethical issues are very diverse. This paper provides an analysis of how sociocultural factors such as language, cultural heritage, economics and politics can affect how people perceive ethical issues of nanotechnology. By attempting to clarify the significance of sociocultural issues in ethical considerations my aim is to support the ongoing international dialogue on nanotechnology. At the same time I pose the general question of ethical relativism in engineering ethics, that is to say whether or not different ethical views are irreconcilable on a fundamental level

Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Nanotechnology · Sociology · Anthropology · Engineering · Materials Science · Nanotechnology research and applications · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy

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