Whether nanotechnology is ethically unique and “nanoethics” should be treated as a field in its own right remain important, contested issues. This essay seeks to contribute to the debates on these issues by exploring several foundational questions about the relationship of ethics and nanotechnology. Ethical issues related to nanotechnology exist and adoption of a defeasible presumption that suc...

The field of bioethics has been split into subspecialties over the past few decades. In some cases, it was divided in terms of social domains, such as clinical ethics, research ethics and public-health ethics. In other cases, it was separated in terms of methodological approaches, including principle-based bioethics, virtue ethics and narrative ethics. Yet more divisions were made in terms of m...

In this paper we raise and analyze three fundamental issues related to nanotechnology. First, although nanotechnology is frequently discussed, it is a difficult field to understand and define. We suggest at least a working characterization of the nature and organization of nanotechnology. Second, we examine the nature of nanoethics and motivate why it is a proper concern and possibly an emergin...

This paper develops a fourth model of public engagement with science, grounded in the principle of nurturing scientific agency through participatory bioethics. It argues that social media is an effective device through which to enable such engagement, as it has the capacity to empower users and transforms audiences into co-producers of knowledge, rather than consumers of content. Social media a...

Abstract Nanotechnology consist of using materials at the nanoscale, in which they acquire specific characteristics. Nanodrug research and development is one most promising fields today; however, these particles require particular evaluation. Moreover, studies lack consensus on tests to follow, thus hindering elaboration legislation that ensure their safety efficacy, as well a more effective re...