Includes bibliographical references pages : [343]-368) and index.
1. Agenda and overview -- 2. Nanotechnology in context -- 3. Ethics, technology, and risk -- 4. Ethics of nano(bio)technology : the program -- 5. Ethics of nano(bio)technology : an overview -- 6. Synthetic nanoparticles -- 7. Toward creating artificial life -- 8. Animal enhancement -- 9. Human enhancement -- 10. Explorative nanophilosophy : more than applied ethics -- 11. Conclusions and perspectives.