Title :
Lessons from the bibles for the fate of nanotechnology
Author :
Lee, Jungil ; Park, Seung Chul
Author_Institution :
Nano Convergence Device Center, Korea Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
Lessons from the bilbles of Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism concerning the fate of nanotechnology are elaborated in this work. The necessity, vision, concerns, characteristics, and environment, health, safety, as well as ethical, legal, societal implications of nanotechnology are discussed along with the lessons. Finally, the importance of ethical, legal, and societal preparation is emphasized.
Keywords :
ethical aspects; humanities; nanotechnology; Bibles; Buddhism; Christianity; Taoism; ethical preparation; legal preparation; nanotechnology; societal preparation;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2010 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7033-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1944-9399
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2010.5698045
