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Mind the gap revisited

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It is important to consider the ethical aspects of nanotechnology, but it is equally important to ensure that these considerations do not end up as 'speculative ethics'.

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  1. Alfred Nordmann is in the Institute for Philosophy, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64283, Germany. nordmann@phil.tu-darmstadt.de,

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  2. Arie Rip is in the Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies, University of Twente, AE Enschede 7500, Netherlands. a.rip@utwente.nl,

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Nordmann, A., Rip, A. Mind the gap revisited. Nature Nanotech 4, 273–274 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.26

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