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The essays in this volume illustrate the difficult real world
ethical questions and issues arising from accelerating
technological change in the military and security domains, and
place those challenges in the context of rapidly shifting
geopolitical and strategic frameworks. Specific technologies such
as autonomous robotic systems, unmanned aerial vehicles,
cybersecurity and cyberconflict, and biotechnology are highlighted,
but the essays are chosen so that the broader implications of
fundamental systemic change are identified and addressed.
Additionally, an important consideration with many of these
technologies is that even if they are initially designed and
intended for military or security applications, they inevitably
spread to civil society, where their application may raise very
different ethical questions around such core values as privacy,
security from criminal behaviour, and state police power.
Accordingly, this volume is of interest to students of military or
security domains, as well as to those interested in technology and
society, and the philosophy of 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.
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.
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The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems (Paperback)
National Academy of Engineering, Advisory Committee on Industrial Ecology and Environmentally Preferable Technology; Edited by Deanna J Richards, Braden R. Allenby
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In the 1970s, the first wave of environmental regulation targeted
specific sources of pollutants. In the 1990s, concern is focused
not on the ends of pipes or the tops of smokestacks but on sweeping
regional and global issues. This landmark volume explores the new
industrial ecology, an emerging framework for making environmental
factors an integral part of economic and business decision making.
Experts on this new frontier explore concepts and applications,
including: Bringing international law up to par with many national
laws to encourage industrial ecology principles. Integrating
environmental costs into accounting systems. Understanding design
for environment, industrial "metabolism," and sustainable
development and how these concepts will affect the behavior of
industrial and service firms. The volume looks at negative and
positive aspects of technology and addresses treatment of waste as
a raw material. This volume will be important to domestic and
international policymakers, leaders in business and industry,
environmental specialists, and engineers and designers. Table of
Contents Front matter The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems:
Overview and Perspective Understanding Industrial Ecology and It's
Context Industrial Metabolism: Theory and Policy Energy and
Industrial Ecology Input-Output Analysis and Industrial Ecology
Wastes as Raw Materials Economics and Sustainable Development From
Voluntary to Regulatory Pollution Prevention International
Environmental Law and Industrial Ecology Industrial Ecology: The
Role of Government Emerging Industrial Environmental Practice
Integrating Environment and Technology: Design for Environment
Preventing Pollution and Seeking Environmentally Preferable
Alternatives in the U.S. Air Force Designing the Modern Automobile
for Recycling Greening the Telephone: A Case Study The
Utilization-Focused Service Economy: Resource Efficiency and
Product-Life Extension Zero-Loss Environmental Accounting Systems
Implications of Industrial Ecology for Firms Design for
Environment: An R&D Manager's Perspective Education and
Research Needs The Two Faces of Technology: Changing Perspectives
Industrial Ecology and Design for Environment: Role of Universities
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