Synthetic Biology (eBook, PDF)

Metaphors, Worldviews, Ethics, and Law
Redaktion: Boldt, Joachim

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Synthetic biology is an emerging technology that aims to design and engineer DNA and molecular structures of single cell organisms. Existing organisms can be altered, novel organisms can be created. In doing so, synthetic biology makes use of specific technoscientific understandings of living beings. This volume sets out to explore and assess synthetic biology and its notions of life from philosophical, ethical, social, and legal perspectives.

Contents Concepts, Metaphors, Worldviews.- Public Good and Private Ownership.Social and Legal Ramifications.- Opportunities, Risks, Governance.

Target Groups Scholars of sociology, philosophy, theory of science, history of science, biology, engineering Politicians and policymakers

The Editor Dr. Joachim Boldt is Deputy Director at the Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin in Freiburg, Germany.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783658109882
• Artikelnr.: 44219689

Autorenporträt

Dr. Joachim Boldt is Deputy Director at the Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin in Freiburg (Germany).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Synthetic biology contextualized.- I. Concepts, Metaphors, Worldviews.- II. Public Good and Private Ownership. Social and Legal Ramifications.- III. Opportunities, Risks, Politics.

Rezensionen

"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 its implications." (Ambika Natarajan, Nanoethics, Vol. 10, 2016)