Early Engagement and New Technologies: Opening Up the Laboratory

by Ibo van de Poel, Michael E. Gorman, Daan Schuurbiers, et al.

Book Overview

Despite the topic's urgency and centrality, this is the first edited volume to offer a comprehensive assessment of the varying approaches to early engagement with new technologies, including nanotechnology, synthetic biology, biotechnology and ICT. Covering five main approaches to early engagement--constructive technology assessment (CTA), value-sensitive design (VSD), midstream modulation (MM), the network approach for moral evaluation, and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9402400087
• ISBN13: 9789402400083
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"