The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight

The Pacing Problem
2011
ISBN: 978-94-007-3619-1
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower. This book addresses the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging responsiveness of legal and ethical oversight society relies on to govern emerging technologies. Whether it be biotechnology, genetic testing, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, computer privacy, autonomous robotics, or any of the other many emerging technologies, new approaches are needed to ensure appropriate and timely regulatory responses. This book documents the problem and offers a toolbox of potential regulatory and governance approaches that might be used to ensure more responsive oversight.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marchant, Gary E.

Herkert, Joseph R.

Allenby, Braden R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I:  The “Pacing Problem”.-

1. Governance and Technology Systems: The Challenge of Emerging Technologies,Braden R. Allenby, Arizona State University.-2. The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and the Law
Gary E. Marchant, Arizona State University
.- 3. Ethical Challenges of Emerging Technologies, Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University.-

Part II: Oversight Dynamics for Emerging Technologies.-

4. Public Policy on the Technological Frontier
David Rejeski, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.-
5. Software Agents, Anticipatory Ethics, and Accountability
  Deborah G. Johnson, University of Virginia.- 6. Sui Generis Rules
Lyria Bennett Moses, University of New South Wales.-7. Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies
Daniel Sarewitz, Arizona State University.-

Part III:  A Toolbox of Solutions.-

8. Pacing Science and Technology with Codes of Conduct: Rethinking What Works, Brian Rappert, University of Exeter
.-9. An International Framework Agreement on Scientific and Technological Innovation and Regulation, Kenneth W. Abbott, Arizona State University.-10. Principles-Based Regulation and Emerging Technology, Ruth Carter & Gary Marchant, Arizona State University.-11. Administrative Law Tools for More Adaptive and Responsive Regulation, Lyn Gaudet & Gary Marchant, Arizona State University.- 12. Voluntary Programs, Kathleen Waugh & Gary Marchant, Arizona State University.-Conclusion:  Gary Marchant, Arizona State University.