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
