Novel Beings

Edited by David R. Lawrence, Durham Law School, Durham University and Sarah Morley, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University, UK

• Contents:Introduction 1PART I PROACTIVE REGULATION1 Embedded ethics as preparatory regulation of technology:a new solution to the Collingridge Dilemma? 12Daniel Tigard2 Repugnance, denial, and fear: societal challenges forregulation of novel beings 29David R. Lawrence3 Morally significant technology: a case against merecorporate self-regulation 46Sarah Morley4 Beware Oz the Great and Powerful: sci-fi determinism,flawed artificial intelligence and emerging regulatory frameworks 83Alan Dignam5 Newer technologies, older attitudes, and retrograde regulation 124David R. Lawrence and John HarrisPART II REACTIVE REGULATION6 Being novel? Regulating emerging technologies underconditions of uncertainty 140Joseph T.F. Roberts and Muireann Quigley7 The “ethical” regulation of “novel being” technologies:the potential role for patents as ethical drivers, blockersand guiders? 171Aisling McMahon8 A phased approach to protection of artificial beings 194Colin Gavaghan and Mike King9 Concluding remarks 223Index

‘As technologies lead inexorably to the creation of intelligent beings, the need to find practical solutions to questions of moral value, status, and resulting obligations becomes increasingly urgent. This important collection depicts challenges and marks a significant advancement in the field of biolaw in its articulation of potential proactive and reactive regulatory solutions.’