Družbene znanosti in razvoj novih naprednih tehnologij : sintezna biologija

slovenian

2015

volume 31, issue 79

Genetic engineering    New technologies    Risk 

Slovensko sociološko društvo
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

In modern societies, the progress of the new emerging technologies needs broad social support. Only in this way will it be possible to achieve the benefits of technological progress for the whole of humankind. In this context, cooperation between social-humanistic and natural-technical thought is very important. As one of the newest emerging technologies, synthetic biology deserves special attention from the social sciences. Namely, synthetic biology is still very unknown in broader society. The main thesis of the article is that the various audit institutions (mostly in Europe) are directing too much attention to the possible biorisks that could appear with the progress of synthetic biology, but do not take the economic risks into account even though such economic risks could even bring the further progress of synthetic biology to a halt.

30.03.2016