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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... least share, the moral responsibility of a decision) may strike us as paradoxical, because we are used to believe that moral responsibility – unlike legal responsibility – is always on one's own shoulders and people must decide for ...
... least in cases where conventional reproduction is likely to result in dramatically disadvantageous inferior endowments. A different aspect of the same interpretative issue concerning human genetic interventions that appear to go beyond ...
... of internationalisation and harmonisation of bioethics and improvement of genetic democracy on different levels. And of course, the same holds true at least as much with the Introduction: The Scope and Importance of Genetic Democracy 7.
Philosophical Perspectives Veikko Launis, Juha Räikkä. the same holds true at least as much with the ten articles of this book. Taken individually, each paper tells one aspect of the story of genetic democracy from its author's own ...
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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 |