HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
APPLICATION OF NANO TECHNOLOGY
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human rights
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heath
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future generations
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preferences
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relics
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nanoethics, or the study of the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology, is an emerging but controversial field.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ethical issues involve the identification and assessment of hazards and risks, nonmaleficence (doing no harm), autonomy (self-determination), justice (fairness in distribution of risks), privacy (in handling of medical information), and respect for persons.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ethical issues concerned with nanobiotechnologies are related to Health, Safety, Medical, Legal, Social and Environmental issues. Other ethical issues include Governance of Research, Economic Displacements, Anthropological Aspects and Transhumanists.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ethical concern about nanotechnology include the opposition to their use to fabricate Lethal autonomous weapon, and the fear that they may self replicate ad infinitum in a so-called gray goo scenario, first imagined by K. Eric Drexler.