"Ethics and Nanotechnology: Views of Nanotechnology Researchers"

Robert E. McGinn

NANOETHICS, Volume 2 , Number 2

2008-7-16

ABSTRACT. Abstract A study was conducted of nanotechnology (NT) researchers’ views about ethics in relation to their work. By means of a purpose-built questionnaire, made available on the Internet, the study probed NT researchers’ general attitudes toward and beliefs about ethics in relation to NT, as well as their views about specific NT-related ethical issues. The questionnaire attracted 1,037 respondents from 13 U.S. university- based NT research facilities. Responses to key questionnaire items are summarized and noteworthy findings presented. For most respondents, the ethical responsibilities of NT researchers are not limited to those related to safety and integrity in the laboratory. Most believe that NT researchers also have specific ethical responsibilities to the society in which their research is done and likely to be applied. NT appears to be one of the first areas of contemporary technoscien- tific activity in which a long-standing belief is being s

‘Mind the Gaps’ : An Empirical Approach to Engineering Ethics, 1997-2001

Robert E. McGinn

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS, Volume 9 , Number 3

2003-10

October 2003, 1-26.

NAVIGATING ROUGH WATERS: ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE WATER INDUSTRY

Robert E. McGinn

AWWA

2001

co-edited with C. K. Davis (AWWA: 2001)

Optimization, Option Disclosure, and Problem Redefinition: Derivative Moral Obligations of Engineers and the Case of the Composite-Material Bicycle

Robert E. McGinn

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, Volume 6 , Number 1

1997

5-25

The Engineer's Moral Right to Reputational Fairness

Robert E. McGinn

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS, Volume 1 , Number 3

1995

217-230

Technology, Demography, and the Anachronism of Traditional Rights

Robert E. McGinn

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHILOSOPHY, Volume 11 , Number 1

1994

Spring, 1994, 57-70