Overview
- First book at address a major and growing problem with emerging technologies.
- Provides concrete suggestions for solutions in addition to documenting problem.
- Includes chapters from many of the leading experts in technology and regulatory policy
Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology (ELTE, volume 7)
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About this book
At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower. This book addresses the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging responsiveness of legal and ethical oversight society relies on to govern emerging technologies. Whether it be biotechnology, genetic testing, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, computer privacy, autonomous robotics, or any of the other many emerging technologies, new approaches are needed to ensure appropriate and timely regulatory responses. This book documents the problem and offers a toolbox of potential regulatory and governance approaches that might be used to ensure more responsive oversight.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Oversight Dynamics for Emerging Technologies
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A Toolbox of Solutions
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Conclusion
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight
Book Subtitle: The Pacing Problem
Editors: Gary E. Marchant, Braden R. Allenby, Joseph R. Herkert
Series Title: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1356-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1355-0Published: 21 May 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3619-1Published: 15 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1356-7Published: 19 May 2011
Series ISSN: 1875-0044
Series E-ISSN: 1875-0036
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 212
Topics: Ethics, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Technology, Artificial Intelligence