- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to the Ethics of Protocells
- 2 New Technologies, Public Perceptions, and Ethics
- 3 Social and Ethical Implications of Creating Artificial Cells
- 4 The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells
- 5 The Precautionary Principle and Its Critics
- 6 A New Virtue-Based Understanding of the Precautionary Principle
- 7 Ethical Dialogue about Science in the Context of a Culture of Precaution
- 8 The Creation of Life in Cultural Context: From Spontaneous Generation to Synthetic Biology
- 9 Second Life: Some Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology and the Recapitulation of Evolution
- 10 Protocell Patents: Property Between Modularity and Emergence
- 11 Protocells, Precaution, and Open-Source Biology
- 12 The Ambivalence of Protocells: Challenges for Self-Reflexive Ethics
- 13 Open Evolution and Human Agency: The Pragmatics of Upstream Ethics in the Design of Artificial Life
- 14 Human Practices: Interfacing Three Modes of Collaboration
- 15 This is Not a Hammer: On Ethics and Technology
- 16 Toward a Critical Evaluation of Protocell Research
- 17 Methodological Considerations about the Ethical and Social Implications of Protocells
- About the Authors
- Index
- Basic Bioethics
The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells
The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells
- Chapter:
- (p.49) 4 The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells
- Source:
- The Ethics of Protocells
- Author(s):
Carl Cranor
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
This chapter describes how society perceives the risk of protocells, using examples from the chemical and genomics industries to draw conclusions about the perceived acceptability of protocell technology and the proper way to manage the accompanying risks. It argues that any risks posed by protocells are likely to be among the most unacceptable risks to the public. This chapter suggests some of the institutional features that would assist in determining any risks from protocell products, and ideally prevent risks from arising that could cause harm to public health and the environment.
Keywords: society, risks, protocells, public health, environment
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- Title Pages
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction to the Ethics of Protocells
- 2 New Technologies, Public Perceptions, and Ethics
- 3 Social and Ethical Implications of Creating Artificial Cells
- 4 The Acceptability of the Risks of Protocells
- 5 The Precautionary Principle and Its Critics
- 6 A New Virtue-Based Understanding of the Precautionary Principle
- 7 Ethical Dialogue about Science in the Context of a Culture of Precaution
- 8 The Creation of Life in Cultural Context: From Spontaneous Generation to Synthetic Biology
- 9 Second Life: Some Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology and the Recapitulation of Evolution
- 10 Protocell Patents: Property Between Modularity and Emergence
- 11 Protocells, Precaution, and Open-Source Biology
- 12 The Ambivalence of Protocells: Challenges for Self-Reflexive Ethics
- 13 Open Evolution and Human Agency: The Pragmatics of Upstream Ethics in the Design of Artificial Life
- 14 Human Practices: Interfacing Three Modes of Collaboration
- 15 This is Not a Hammer: On Ethics and Technology
- 16 Toward a Critical Evaluation of Protocell Research
- 17 Methodological Considerations about the Ethical and Social Implications of Protocells
- About the Authors
- Index
- Basic Bioethics
