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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... requirements for democracy with respect 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 ...
... requirements are considered to be exceptionally stringent and binding in the context of genetic research and gene-technology. The demand-for-reason question is therefore this: Is there really something special about genetic research and ...
... 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 research should be responsive to ...
... requirement of genetically modified food. Yet, tendencies towards limiting citizens' control over new gene and biotechnologies can also be detected. Strict restrictions control the applications of much genetechnology: genetically ...
... requirements for democracy are shared by the majority of theories. I will discuss four such ideals with respect to genetic democracy: effective participation,12 equality,13 autonomy,14 and transparency.15,16 The prerequisites for ...
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 |