Lessons from the Sustainability Movement: Toward An Integrative Decision-Making Framework for Nanotechnology

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 34 (4):682-688 (2006)
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The author argues that bioethicists must develop alternative approaches to facilitate the study of the conditions for the responsible development of nanotechnologies. Proponents of “sustainability” have developed a useful model to integrate multiple perspectives into the evaluation of the impact of technologies on global ecological integrity under conditions of uncertainty

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10.1111/j.1748-720x.2006.00087.x

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Mark E. Meaney
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