An insightful guide to understanding and navigating the ethical issues faced by anyone affected by the ethical dilemmas associated with current and emerging technologies



Ethics of Emerging Technologies provides the background, insight, and tools for approaching and solving ethical dilemmas across a broad range of topics. The text discusses ethical problems, using examples and reasoning tools that will aid engineers, scientists, managers, administrators, and the public who wish to understand risks, benefits, and possible approaches to resolving conflicts associated with new technologies in the context of the global community.



Solutions we choose to ethical dilemmas accompanying new technologies will profoundly affect future generations. Scientific facts and guides to decision-making for all associated with emerging technologies are presented. Some of the topics are:

Human health and environmental effects of alternative energy production methods

Communications and privacy

Plagiarism and authorship

Genetic modification of organisms

Human and animal experimentation

Synthetic biology and bioterrorism

Confidentiality in science, engineering, and business communications

Risks and consequences of enhancing human beings through new technologies

Cloning of human beings and stem cell research

Brain modifications

Space exploration