Ambivalences of creating life : societal and philosophical dimensions of synthetic biology

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Ambivalences of creating life : societal and philosophical dimensions of synthetic biology / Kristin Hagen ; Margret Engelhard ; Georg Toepfer, eds.

Dades bibliogràfiques
Altres autors:	Hagen, Kristin (Editor), Engelhard, Margret (Editor), Toepfer, Georg (Editor)
Format:	Llibre
Idioma:	English
Publicat:	Cham [u.a.] : Springer, 2016
Col·lecció:	Ethics of science and technology assessment 45
Matèries:	Synthetische Biologie Bioethik Aufsatzsammlung
Continguts/components:	18 registres
Accés en línia:	Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Epistemological implications of synthetic biology : a Heideggerian perspective

2. Synthetic biology between engineering and natural science : a hermeneutic methodology for laboratory research practice

3. Engineers of life? : a critical examination of the concept of life in the debate on synthetic biology

4. Debasement of life? : a critical review of some conceptual and ethical objections to synthetic biology

5. A critical participatory approach to the evaluation of synthetic biology

6. "First species whose parent is a computer" : synthetic biology as technoscience, colonizing futures, and the problem of the digital

7. Let's talk about. Synthetic biology : emerging technologies and the public

8. Ambivalences in societal and philosophical dimensions of synthetic biology : Editorial

9. Synthetic biology and the argument from continuity with established technologies

10. "Some kind of genetic engineering. Only one step further" : public perceptions of synthetic biology in Austria

11. Mataphors of life : reflections on metaphors in the debate on synthetic biology

12. Synthetic biology : playing games?

13. Early engagement with synthetic biology in the Netherlands : initiatives by the Rathenau Instituut

14. Public engagement in synthetic biology : "Experts", "Diplomats" and the creativity of "Idiots"

15. Synthetic biology in the press

16. Synthetic biology for space exploration : promises and societal implications

17. Making-of synthetic biology : the European CyanoFactory research consortium

18. The synthetic nature of biology