Emerging Technology

In our scientifically and technologically advanced age, new technologies move from proof of concept to commercial product at lightening speeds. Momentous advances in nanotechnology, cybernetics, synthetic biology, and artificial intelligence raise significant ethical issues concerning the nature of such technologies, as well as their safety, appropriateness, and impact on what it means to be human in a technological society. The articles in these sections explore the technologies themselves, as well as address the ethical issues and societal impact of these emerging technologies.
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
- Michael Sleasman, “Bioethics Past, Present, and Future: Important Signposts in Human Dignity” (An overview of bioethics and the breadth of issues it encompasses).
- Michael Sleasman, “Thinking Through Technology Part I, Part 2, Part 3.”
- Patrick Garner, “Biotechnology and the Connection between Our Physical and Spiritual Natures.”
- Dónal P. O'Mathúna, “From iPods to iHumans: What Will Nanotechnology Do to Us?”
- Michael Sleasman, “From the Director’s Desk (Winter 2016).”
- Dónal P. O'Mathúna, “Is Always On Always Good?”
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