Series Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction to the Ethics of Protocells / Mark A. Bedau ; Emily C. Parke1: |
Risk, Uncertainty, and Precaution with Protocells / I: |
New Technologies, Public Perceptions, and Ethics / Brian Johnson2: |
Social and Ethical Implications of Creating Artificial Cells / Mark Triant3: |
The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells / Carl Cranor4: |
The Precautionary Principle and Its Critics / 5: |
A New Virtue-Based Understanding of the Precautionary Principle / Per Sandin6: |
Ethical Dialogue about Science in the Context of a Culture of Precaution / Bill Durodié7: |
Lessons from Recent History and Related Technologies / II: |
The Creation of Life in Cultural Context: From Spontaneous Generation to Synthetic Biology / Joachim Schummer8: |
Second Life: Some Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology and the Recapitulation of Evolution / Laurie Zoloth9: |
Protocell Patents: Property Between Modularity and Emergence / Alain Pottage10: |
Protocells, Precaution, and Open-Source Biology / Andrew Hessel11: |
The Ambivalence of Protocells: Challenges for Self-Reflexive Ethics / Brigitte Hantsche-Tangen12: |
Ethics in a Future with Protocells / III: |
Open Evolution and Human Agency: The Pragmatics of Upstream Ethics in the Design of Artificial Life / George Khushf13: |
Human Practices: Interfacing Three Modes of Collaboration / Paul Rabinow ; Gaymon Bennett14: |
This Is Not a Hammer: On Ethics and Technology / Mickey Gjerris15: |
Toward a Critical Evaluation of Protocell Research / Christine Hauskeller16: |
Methodological Considerations about the Ethical and Social Implications of Protocells / Giovanni Boniolo17: |
About the Authors |
Index |
Series Foreword |
Preface |
Introduction to the Ethics of Protocells / Mark A. Bedau ; Emily C. Parke1: |
Risk, Uncertainty, and Precaution with Protocells / I: |
New Technologies, Public Perceptions, and Ethics / Brian Johnson2: |
Social and Ethical Implications of Creating Artificial Cells / Mark Triant3: |