Genomics and democracy : towards a 'lingua democratica' for the public debate on genomics / edited by Peter Derkx and Harry Kunneman.

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This book addresses the ethical and political questions flowing from the vastly increased possibilities to manipulate the genetic properties of organisms, including human beings. Due to the great complexity of the scientific fields involved, these questions are framed and answered mostly by scientific experts. But the new technological possibilities and social practices connected with genetic manipulation intrude into domains that for a long time have been the provenance of religious and secular worldviews and touch upon deep-seated convictions and emotions. Moreover they are strongly influenc.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Harry Kunneman and Peter Derkx; Part 1: Complexity Theory, Social Constructionism and Hermeneutics; 1. Paul Cilliers: A Crisis of Knowledge: Complexity, Understanding and the Problem of Responsible Action; 2. Erica Haimes: The Contributions of Social Constructionism to the Study of the Ethical, Social and Political Aspects of the Life Sciences; 3. Cees Pieters: Engineering, Humanistics and the Lingua Democratica: on Cross-Disciplinary Communications between'Strange Bedfellows'

4. Harry Kunneman: Ethical Complexity, Hermeneutics and Mode 3 KnowledgePart 2: Ethics and Worldviews; 5. Cor van der Weele: Morality and Genomics: Which Comes First? Towards Cooperative Inquiry; 6. Andries De Smet, Sigrid Sterckx and Julian Cockbain: The Lack of Access to Medicines and the Health Impact Fund Scheme; 7. Fernando Suárez Müller: Human Rights and Transhumanism: is a Humanist Transhumanism Possible?; 8. Tatjana Kochetkova: The Spiritual Dimension of Human Enhancement: Remarks concerning the Discussion about Immortality.

9. Peter Derkx: Worldviews, Genomics and Enhanced Human LifespanPart 3: Corporations, Governments and Democracy; 10. Alle Bruggink: The Influence of Government and Industry on Technological Research in the Netherlands: a Personal Experience; 11. Anders Nordgren: Consumer Genomics Companies and Their Appeal to Empowerment; 12. Michiel Korthals: Fundamental Uncertainty as an Issue for Deliberative Democracy; 13. Guido Ruivenkamp and Joost Jongerden: From Prescription to Reconstruction: Opportunities for Subpolitical Choices in Biotechnological and Genomics Research.

14. Marli Huijer: Storytelling as a Way to Enrich Democratic Discussion: The Dutch Debate on Embryo Selection for Hereditary Breast CancerAbout the Authors; Subject Index.

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