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SCIENCE STUDIES EVENTS
CODIFYING THE ETHICS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Ashley Shew
Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina
February 28, 2005
Monday, 12:30pm-2:00pm
Sumwalt College, Room 102
Though nanotechnology is not yet a profession, thought needs to be given to
developing a code of ethics for responsible behavior in this growing field.
In this way, researchers from many different disciplines will have some
common understanding of the expected ethical norms for their work in the
area. Nanotechnology is something different from both science and
engineering and the area raises concerns. So, developing some sort of
professional identity and code of ethics is particularly important to the
continued success and funding of the area. The goal of this paper is to
urge professionalization (at least of a loose sort) of nanotechnology and
to suggest a possible code of ethics for the field.
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