title: Nanoethics and the breaching of boundaries: a heuristic for going from encouragement to a fuller integration of ethical, legal and social issues and science : commentary on: "Adding to the mix: integrating ELSI into a National Nanoscale Science and Technology Center".
abstract: The intersection of ELSI and science forms a complicated nexus yet their integration is an important goal both for society and for the successful advancement of science. In what follows, I present a heuristic that makes boundary identification and crossing an important tool in the discovery of potential areas of ethical, legal, and social concern in science. A dynamic and iterative application of the heuristic can lead towards a fuller integration and appreciation of the concerns of ELSI and of science from both sides of the divide.
authors.affiliation: Philosophy Department, Division of Humanities, University of Chicago, 1115 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. jrtuma@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Julio R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Tuma
mesh_terms: D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000941:ethics*; D011640:Public Policy; D012945:Social Values
references.citation: Sci Eng Ethics. 2011 Dec;17(4):743-60
references.pmid: 22068631