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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... questions in this book and to provide a structure for the discussion. In doing so, I will also have something to say about the notion of genetic democracy. The last twenty years or so have witnessed a dramatic rise of interest among ...
... questions of bioethics as if they were completely independent of these two (or three). Second, since our ethical ... question the value or usefulness of the multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach to genethics but rather to ...
... 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 long range of scientific fields which ...
... questions to be addressed. One such question concerns the status and interpretation of the influential and hotly debated 'precautionary principle' that is called into play in societal risk governance by two aspects about the current ...
... question: Even if indigenous requirements are given a due concern, it may not be easy to determine what increased 'equality in public deliberation' exactly means in this context. It seems clear, on the one hand, that biobank-based ...
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 |