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

Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service) | Hagen, Kristin, editor literario | Engelhard, Margret, editor literario | Toepfer, Georg., editor literario
Material type: materialTypeLabelE-bookSeries: (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment, Schriftenreihe der EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH, 1860-4803; 45).Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 recurso en línea (XVII, 335 páginas) : 28 ilustraciones.ISBN: 9783319210889.Subject: Filosofía | FilosofíaDDC classification: 100 Online resources: Acceso a este recurso digital (usuarios Universidad Europea de Madrid)Digital Resources
Contents:
Part I Conceptual foundations -- Part II Scientific and public expectations -- Part III Communication, evaluation and legitimation.
Abstract: "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 biology.
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LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO LIBRO-E NO PRÉSTAMO Madrid Digital Acceso Electrónico (UEM) Ciencias de la Salud QH438.7 A435 2016 EB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) .i1158452x Acceso electrónico eBOOK .i1158452x
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Part I Conceptual foundations -- Part II Scientific and public expectations -- Part III Communication, evaluation and legitimation.

"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 biology.

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