Synthetic biology [electronic resource] : metaphors, worldviews, ethics, and law / Joachim Boldt (Ed.).

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Synthetic biology [electronic resource] : metaphors, worldviews, ethics, and law / Joachim Boldt (Ed.).

9783658109882 (electronic book)
3658109882 (electronic book)
9783658109875

Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2016]

©2016

English

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10.1007/978-3-658-10988-2 doi

TA164

660.6

Synthetic biology is an emerging technology that aims to design and engineer DNA and molecular structures of single cell organisms. Existing organisms can be altered, novel organisms can be created. In doing so, synthetic biology makes use of specific technoscientific understandings of living beings. This volume sets out to explore and assess synthetic biology and its notions of life from philosophical, ethical, social, and legal perspectives. Contents Concepts, Metaphors, Worldviews.- Public Good and Private Ownership. Social and Legal Ramifications.- Opportunities, Risks, Governance. Target Groups Scholars of sociology, philosophy, theory of science, history of science, biology, engineering Politicians and policymakers The Editor Dr. Joachim Boldt is Deputy Director at the Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin in Freiburg, Germany.

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Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of technology, science and society.

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