Display options
Cite
Schummer J. Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics. J Int Bioethique. 2011;22(1):37-55, 207doi: 10.3917/jib.221.0037.
Schummer, J. (2011). Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics. Journal international de bioethique = International journal of bioethics, 22(1), 37-55, 207. https://doi.org/10.3917/jib.221.0037
Schummer, Joachim. "Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics." Journal international de bioethique = International journal of bioethics vol. 22,1 (2011): 37-55, 207. doi: https://doi.org/10.3917/jib.221.0037
Schummer J. Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics. J Int Bioethique. 2011 Mar-Jun;22(1):37-55, 207. doi: 10.3917/jib.221.0037. PMID: 21850968.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

J Int Bioethique. 2011 Mar-Jun;22(1):37-55, 207. doi: 10.3917/jib.221.0037.

Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics.

Journal international de bioethique = International journal of bioethics

Joachim Schummer

Affiliations

  1. University of Hannover, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 21850968 DOI: 10.3917/jib.221.0037

Abstract

Along with the rapid worldwide advance of nanotechnology, debates on associated ethical issues have spread from local to international levels. However unlike science and engineering issues, international perceptions of ethical issues are very diverse. This paper provides an analysis of how sociocultural factors such as language, cultural heritage, economics and politics can affect how people perceive ethical issues of nanotechnology. By attempting to clarify the significance of sociocultural issues in ethical considerations my aim is to support the ongoing international dialogue on nanotechnology. At the same time I pose the general question of ethical relativism in engineering ethics, that is to say whether or not different ethical views are irreconcilable on a fundamental level.

MeSH terms

Publication Types