Future technologies, dystopic futures and the precautionary principle

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-126

  Clarke, Steve ^a,b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Cost benefit analysis; Grey goo problem; Nano technology; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; CATASTROPHE; ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; GREY GOO PROBLEM; POLICY FORMULATION; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646914062     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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