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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... ethical tools for non-specialists to form reasoned beliefs and attitudes towards an adequate risk-governance of ... Ethical. Principles. Thirdly, there are issues that may be characterised as conflicts between ethical principles. A classic ...
... ethical problems in the sense that the moral conflict may remain even when the empirical (scientific) and legal facts are clear and accepted by all parties involved in the disagreement. There can be no doubt that philosophical ...
... ethical principles and concepts do not apply very well and we are unable to see which features of the situation are relevant to its moral appraisal. As Thomas Pogge puts it ('Moral Constraints on Permissible Genetic Design'), in such a ...
... 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 actually doing. Thus, besides posing the already mentioned ...
... ethically necessary to pay attention to genetic democracy. To be more precise, we need to know what is needed to achieve genetic democracy. What are its prerequisites? 1.2. Democracy. and. Genetic. Democracy. As the above characterization ...
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 |