Cultural diversity in nanotechnology ethics

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-230

  Schummer, Joachim ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURAL HERITAGES; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; ETHICAL ISSUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY ETHICS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33749634260     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/030801806X113757     Document Type: Article

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