7.1. 1 The genesis of the study: A few personal comments by Leszek A. Dobrzanski I have
been friends with Prof. Marcel Van de Voorde for over a quarter of a century. I respect him for …

This chapter aims to provide a general description of dentistry, nanotechnology, and dental
engineering, as well as to define the interdependencies between these areas and indicate …

According to the Library of Congress, there is currently only one book (the one here
reviewed), one edited volume, and one journal with the title “Nanoethics.” I assume those …

Nevertheless, the tables are also very valuable for the ethical discussion because they allow
to establish links between Nanotechnology R&D and ethD ical reflection. It becomes more …

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Ethics is not an isolated discipline, standing aloof from science, economics, and politics. And
neither is it an authority devoted to censure, for it is not the philosopher's role to set up as an …

Nanotechnology is not in consensus. The attempts to answer the question “what is
nanotechnology?” are usually inaccurate, and the responses to it, far from being unanimous …

Abstract In 1986 Eric Drexler raised the issue of gray goo in his book Engines of Creation:
The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, he argued, would lead to the …

Nanotechnology is a swiftly developing field of technology that is believed to have the
potential of great upsides and excessive downsides. In the ethical debate there has been a …

The literature concerning ethical issues associated with nanotechnologies has become
prolific. However, it has been claimed that ethical problems are only at stake with rather …