What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? (PDF)

Preface. Unit I What Is Nanotechnology? 1 The Basics of Nanotechnology. 1.1 Definitions and Scales. 1.2 The Origins of Nanotechnology. 1.3 The Current State of Nanotechnology. 1.4 The Future of Nanotechnology. 1.5 Nanotechnology in Nature and Applications. 2 Tools of the Trade. 2.1 Seeing the Nanoscale. 2.2 Basic Governing Theories. 3 Nanomaterials. 3.1 Formation of Materials. 3.2 Carbon Nanomaterials. 3.3 Inorganic Nanomaterials. 4 Applied Nanotechnology. 4.1 Using Nanomaterials. 4.2 Nanotechnology Computing and Robotics. 4.3 Predicting the Future of Technology. Unit II Risk, Regulation, and Fairness. 5 Risk and Precaution. 5.1 Risk. 5.2 Cost-Benefit Analysis. 5.3 Precautionary Principles. 5.4 Evaluating the Precautionary Principle. 6 Regulating Nanotechnology. 6.1 The Stricter-Law Argument. 6.2 Learning from History. 6.3 Objections to the Stricter-Law Argument. 6.4 An Interim Solution? 6.5 Putting the Pieces Together. 7 Equity and Access. 7.1 Distributive Justice. 7.2 Nanotechnology and the Developing World. 7.3 Water Purification. 7.4 Solar Energy. 7.5 Medicine. 7.6 Nanotechnology, the Developing World, and Distributive Justice. Unit III Ethical and Social Implications. 8 Environment. 8.1 Society, Technology, and the Environment. 8.2 Environmental Risks of Nanotechnology. 8.3 Nanotechnology Solutions to Environmental Problems. 8.4 Overall Assessments: Risk and Precaution. 9 Military. 9.1 The Military and Technology. 9.2 A Nano-Enabled Military. 9.3 A Nano-Enabled Defense System. 9.4 Ethical Concerns. 10 Privacy. 10.1 Historical and Legal Background. 10.2 Philosophical Foundations. 10.3 Radio Frequency Identity Chips. 10.4 Item-Level Tagging. 10.5 Human Implants. 10.6 RFID-Chipped Identification. 10.7 Is RFID a Threat to Privacy? 11 Medicine. 11.1 The Rise of Nanomedicine. 11.2 Diagnostics and Medical Records. 11.3 Treatment. 11.4 Moving Forward. 12 Human Enhancement. 12.1 What is Human Enhancement? 12.2 Defining Human Enhancement. 12.3 The Therapy-Enhancement

Fritz Allhoff is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University.

Patrick Lin is Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he is also the director of the Ethics + Emerging Technologies Group. He is also an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society.

Daniel Moore is a research scientist on nanoscale semiconductor solutions for IBM and has served on the Georgia Institute of Technology's honor committee.

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