NBIC-Convergence and Technoethics: Common Ethical Perspective

Publisher: IGI Global_journal

E-ISSN: 1947-346x|7|1|77-84

ISSN: 1947-3451

Source: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), Vol.7, Iss.1, 2016-01, pp. : 77-84

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Abstract

Technoethics is a new, but rapidly developing field of ethical reflection of technoscience. It can claim to unite the various ethical projections of the science and technology development in a common approach. One of the starting points of understanding this role of technoethics may be NBIC-convergence. The ethical dimensions of the NBIC-projects is represented in these sub-areas of applied ethics as a nanoethics, bioethics, neuroethics and ICT ethics. In this article particular attention is paid to the biomedical field, which is a prime example of innovative high technology, as well as the interaction of different types of ethics.