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Diagramming Sentences of Value: Evolving Human Rights & the Terms of Geoethical Nanotechnology

This book explores the intersection of human rights, ethics, and nanotechnology, focusing on the evolving terms and concepts through the use of diagrams and linguistic analysis. It delves into the ethical implications of nanotechnology and the importance of incorporating societal needs and values in its development.

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Diagramming Sentences of Value: Evolving Human Rights & the Terms of Geoethical Nanotechnology

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  1. Diagramming Sentences of Value: Evolving Human Rights & the Terms of Geoethical Nanotechnology Wrye Sententia, Ph.D. Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics

  2. Together Putting PuzzlesTogether

  3. AFM image of a cross-shaped jigsaw puzzle of 4 tectosquares - 3D models depict process of assembly. Materials Research Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara

  4. Diagramming Sentences of Value Evolving Human Rights and the Terms of Geoethical Nanotechnology Puzzles: Words & Concepts Terms in Ethics Evolving Human Rights

  5. Syntax: patterns of relation

  6. Syntax: patterns of relation Semantics: patterns of meaning

  7. “We have made progress.”

  8. “We have made progress.”

  9. If then

  10. IF Then ELSE

  11. Jimbo saw Ahab in the park with a telescope.

  12. Example taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

  13. Possibility # 1: Jimbo used a telescope TO see Ahab in the park. Example taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

  14. Possibility # 1: Jimbo used a telescope TO see Ahab in the park. Possibility #2 Jimbo saw Ahab. Examples taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

  15. Possibility # 1: Jimbo used a telescope TO see Ahab in the park. Possibility #2 Jimbo saw Ahab. Possibility #3 AND Examples taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

  16. Possibility # 1 Jimbo used a telescope TO see Ahab in the park. Possibility #2 Jimbo saw Ahab. Possibility #3 AND Possibility #4 Simultaneous (while) Examples taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

  17. Possibility # 1 Jimbo used a telescope TO see Ahab in the park. Possibility #2 Jimbo saw Ahab. Possibility #3 AND Possibility #4 Simultaneous (while) Possibility #5 Simultaneous (who) Examples taken from Oracle’s ThinkQuest Library: Project AI

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  19. “With proper attention to ethical issues and societal needs, the result [of NBIC convergence] can be a tremendous improvement in human abilities, societal outcomes, and quality of life.” Converging Technologies Report NSF/DOC (2002)

  20. “About the cover: Polymer rods embedded with cadmium selenide nanocrystals, fluorescing at various wavelengths (M. Bawendi et al.; photograph by F. Frankel). This photographsuggests the broad societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology.” (NSF Report on Societal Implications of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 2001)

  21. “All nanotechnology stakeholders, from non-governmental organizations to industry, participate in our governance and activities.”

  22. ICON Sponsors Dupont Corporation Intel Corporation ‘intensities’ Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. Swiss Reinsurance Company Procter & Gamble Mitsubishi/Frontier Chem L’Oreal

  23. Concerns Raised by ETC ‘intensities’ • toxicity • military uses • surveillance with nanosensors • restrictive patents on matter • circumventing disability rights

  24. “Nanotechnology has yet to be perceived as a widespread, general public threat, so there is a window opportunity that should allow all key stakeholders to present accurate, factual information on its potential benefits and harms.” “Analyzing the European Approach to Nanotechnology” Evan Michelson (W. Wilson International Center for Scholars, Foresight & Governance Project)

  25. “Nanotechnology has yet to be perceived as a widespread, general public threat, so there is a window opportunity that should allow all key stakeholders to present accurate, factual information on its potential benefits and harms…By ensuring that the public at-large is well informed about issues surrounding technology, all stakeholders will be able to manage any problems and difficulties in a more open and transparent manner.” (Michelson)

  26. ENOUGH Stakeholders ? Equity Environmentalists Equity Ontology/Epistemology Privacy More Stakeholders More Stakeholders Security More Stakeholdes Environment

  27. Nanotechnology & the Poor: Opportunities & Risks www.nanoandthepoor.org

  28. INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS • Regulation & governance • Terrorism & military uses • Health and safety • Environment • Developing countries

  29. ENOUGH Dialogue ? Equity Environmentalists Equity Ontology/Epistemology Privacy More Stakeholders More Dialogue Security More Stakeholdes Environment

  30. Affirming Ethics

  31. If then

  32. If/Then/Else Straightforward Social Sentences: Strategies that don’t work • Moral • Rational Complex Social Diagrams: Affirming Strategies that do work • Principled Lexicons • Nested “If” Codes

  33. Moral Fallacy “ If we can determine the morality of nanomedical enhancements, then we will have gone far towards learning how to safely and morally handle other, more dangerous applications of nanotechnology [national security].” Tihamer T. Toth-Fejel “Humanity & Nanotechnology”

  34. Moral Fallacy “ If we can determine the morality of nanomedical enhancements, then we will have gone far towards learning how to safely and morally handle other, more dangerous applications of nanotechnology [national security]. On the other hand, if we do not understand these new technologies and their moral implications, and if our values are self-contradictory and selfishly shortsighted, then these powerful technologies will rightfully frighten and confuse us, and might even cause our extinction w/in the next decade or two.” Tihamer T. Toth-Fejel “Humanity & Nanotechnology”

  35. Rational Fallacy “ If we could agree, as a species, what we wanted, where we were headed, and why, then we would make our future much less dangerous - then we might understand what we can and should relinquish.” Bill Joy “Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us” Wired 2000

  36. Rebuilt : How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human Michael Chorost

  37. Privacy Autonomy Choice

  38. Goal 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2. Achieve universal primary education Goal 3. Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4. Reduce child mortality Goal 5. Improve maternal health Goal 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7. Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8. Develop a global partnership for development

  39. UNESCO “The brain is the organic core of the person, the agent of his freedom but also of the individual and social constraints which restrict that freedom.” Report on Ethics and Neurosciences, 1995

  40. For more information: Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics www.cognitiveliberty.org Wrye Sententia, Ph.D. wrye@cogntiveliberty.org

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