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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... to new genetic research and gene-technology: effective participation and public engagement, equality and non-discrimination of interests and values, personal autonomy and freedom of choice, and transparency. These prerequisites, 2 V.
... gene-technology. The demand-for-reason question is therefore this: Is there really something special about genetic research and gene-technology, or are we just, as Søren Holm puts it, misled 'by the fact that genetics is the latest in a ...
... gene and biotechnology, and especially of modern green gene and biotechnology, is dependent not only on the already mentioned different social and political settings in which the application may take place but, equally interestingly, on ...
... gene and biotechnologies can also be detected. Strict restrictions control the applications of much genetechnology: genetically modified crops and gene therapies, for example. Moreover, the creation of biobanks based on broad or ...
... gene-technology will play a major role in Western societies in the near future. The next societal phase after the Information Society is already in its embryonic state. Biosciences, biotechnology, gene therapy, etc. are gaining more and ...
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 |