Ambivalences of Creating Life : Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology / edited by Kristin Hagen, Margret Engelhard, Georg Toepfer

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Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Schriftenreihe der EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH ; 45 | Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment ; 45 | SpringerLink Bücher | Springer eBook Collection EngineeringPublisher: Cham : Springer, 2016Edition: 1st ed. 2016Description: Online-Ressource (XVII, 335 p. 28 illus, online resource)ISBN:

9783319210889

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Additional physical formats: 9783319210872 | Druckausg.: Ambivalences of creating life. Cham : Springer, 2016. xvii, 335 pages | Erscheint auch als: Ambivalences of creating life. Druck-Ausgabe. Cham : Springer, 2016. XVII, 335 SeitenRVK: RVK: CC 7264LOC classification:

B1-5802

DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21088-9Online resources:

Summary: "Synthetic biology" is the label of a new technoscientific field with many different facets and agendas. One common aim is to "create life", primarily by using engineering principles to design and modify biological systems for human use. In a wider context, the topic has become one of the big cases in the legitimization processes associated with the political agenda to solve global problems with the aid of (bio-)technological innovation. Conceptual-level and meta-level analyses are needed: we should sort out conceptual ambiguities to agree on what we talk about, and we need to spell out agendas to see the disagreements clearly. The book is based on the interdisciplinary summer school "Analyzing the societal dimensions of synthetic biology", which took place in Berlin in September 2014. The contributions address controversial discussions around the philosophical examination, public perception, moral evaluation and governance of synthetic biologyPPN: PPN: 165794137XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-ENG | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXE

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