In this forward-looking volume the invited authors argue that the world must critically assess the potential pitfalls of new technologies in advance.

"From the contentsEvaluating New Technologies. An Introduction.- Part I - A Case Study: Utrafast Communication.- Part II - Evaluating New Technologies: Methodological Issues.- Part III - Evaluating New Technologies: Uncertainty and Precaution."

Evaluating New Technologies: An Introduction.- Evaluating New Technologies: An Introduction.- A Case Study: Ultrafast Communication.- Ethical Aspects of Research in Ultrafast Communication.- Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway? Dealing with the Consequences of New Technologies.- Ethics in and During Technological Research; An Addition to IT Ethics and Science Ethics.- The Need for a Value-Sensitive Design of Communication Infrastructures.- Evaluating New Technologies: Methodological Issues.- The Moral Relevance of Technological Artifacts.- Interdisciplinarity, Applied Ethics and Social Science.- Facts or Fiction? A Critique on Vision Assessment as a Tool for Technology Assessment.- Exploring Techno-Moral Change: The Case of the ObesityPill.- Evaluating New Technologies: Uncertainty and Precaution.- On Uncertainty in Ethics and Technology.- New Technologies, Common Sense and the Paradoxical Precautionary Principle.- Complex Technology, Complex Calculations: Uses and Abuses of Precautionary Reasoning in Law.- Ethics of Technology at the Frontier of Uncertainty: A Gewirthian Perspective.