Genetic Democracy: Philosophical PerspectivesVeikko Launis, Juha Räikkä Springer Science & Business Media, 2007 M12 20 - 148 pages “Genetic Democracy” involves an in-depth analysis of the ethical, social and philosophical issues related to modern genetic research and gene technology. The aim of the book is to introduce systematic research on the social and ethical impacts of the use and development of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as well as the acquisition, use and storage of human genetic information (HGI). The book contributes to enhancing public discussion and reaching fair and democratic decision-making practices in GMO and HGI use and development both on local and global level. There are currently few European texts which address the issues involved in a theoretical and systematical manner. “Genetic Democracy” has been written from the viewpoint of social and political philosophy rather than that of traditional bioethics. There is a clear need for a throughout and authoritative philosophical and ethical analysis of the issues involved in genetic research and gene technology. The book will appeal to philosophers, social scientists, genetics professionals, policy makers, academics, industrial organisations and human rights organisations as well as university students and legal scholars. The book will have a broad appeal across Europe, Asia and America since many states are currently considering policy responses to many of the practices discussed in the books (e.g., human biobanks). |
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... Bioethics: The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights ...................................... 31 Henk ten Have Autonomy and Genetic Privacy ...................................... 43 Juha Räikkä Values, ...
... bioethics both in Finland and abroad. mataah@utu.fi Vilhjálmur Árnason is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Centre for Ethics at the University of Iceland. vilhjarn@hi.is Wen-Tsong Chiou is Assistant Research ...
... bioethics has come to be known and valued as an interdisciplinary field – with contributions not only from ... bioethical discourse that – as. V. Launis Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Turku, Finland e-mail: vlaunis@utu ...
Philosophical Perspectives Veikko Launis, Juha Räikkä. addressable in the traditional (individualistic) bioethical ... bioethics as if they were completely independent of these two (or three). Second, since our ethical thinking itself ...
... bioethics held by the investigators and the majority of the citizens. On the other hand, it seems equally clear that the officials and investigators should respect the professional ethical standards of their own as well as the cultural ...
Contents
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Ethical Expertise in Democratic Societies | 21 |
The UNESCO Universal Declaration | 30 |
Autonomy and Genetic Privacy | 43 |
Against Radicalism | 53 |
The Precautionary Principle and the Risks of Modern AgriBiotechnology | 75 |
Population Databanks and Democracy in Light of the Icelandic Experience | 93 |
Vilhjálmur Árnason and Stefán Hjörleifsson | 105 |
Genetic Resources Genetic Democracy and Genetic Equity | 121 |
Moral Constraints on Permissible Genetic Design | 133 |