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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... example of this category of issues is the question whether the development and cultivation of genetically modified crops and/or food products should be rejected because of the risk they are believed to pose to the environment and ...
... example, Juth defends what he calls a 'middle ground' position between two radical positions, the right-based libertarian position that the commercial marketing of GMO should always be permitted and the value-based prohibitionist ...
... example of the day, whether biobank-based medical research should be understood as 'medical research involving human subjects' or merely as 'medical research on previously collected biological material and data' that can be conducted ...
... example in Lagerspetz's critical analysis of the notion of ethical expertise. To understand what the role of ethical experts should be in a democratic society, we should (as Lagerspetz himself points out) first learn what they are ...
... , Alison K. and Chadwick, R. F. (eds.), Genetic Information: Acquisition, Access, and Control. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, p. 97. 1 See for example Arnason [2004] and Chadwick [2001]. Donating 8 V. Launis.
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 |