RT Article
T1 Finding Hope in Synthetic Biology
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 26
IS 2
SP 239
OP 245
A1 Takala, Tuija
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827983256
AB For some, synthetic biology represents great hope in offering possible solutions to many of the world’s biggest problems, from hunger to sustainable development. Others remain fearful of the harmful uses, such as bioweapons, that synthetic biology can lend itself to, and most hold that issues of biosafety are of utmost importance. In this article, I will evaluate these points of view and conclude that although the biggest promises of synthetic biology are unlikely to become reality, and the probability of accidents is fairly substantial, synthetic biology could still be seen to benefit humanity by enhancing our ethical understanding and by offering a boost to world economy.
K1 biosecurity
K1 biosafety
K1 Invisible Hand
K1 Hope
K1 Consequentialism
K1 Ethics
K1 Synthetic Biology
DO 10.1017/S0963180116000839