Genomics and democracy : towards a 'lingua democratica' for the public debate on genomics /

Genomics and democracy : towards a 'lingua democratica' for the public debate on genomics /

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 scientif...

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Other Authors: Derkx, Peter, 1951-, Kunneman, Harry, 1948-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2013.

Series: Life Sciences, Ethics and Democracy 1.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Genomics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genomics > Political aspects.

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Call Number: QH447 .G458 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Harry Kunneman and Peter Derkx
  • A Crisis of Knowledge: Complexity, Understanding and the Problem of Responsible Action /
  • Paul Cilliers
  • The Contributions of Social Constructionism to the Study of the Ethical, Social and Political Aspects of the Life Sciences /
  • Erica Haimes
  • Engineering, Humanistics and the Lingua Democratica: On Cross-Disciplinary Communications between 'Strange Bedfellows' /
  • Cees Pieters
  • Ethical Complexity, Hermeneutics and Mode 3 Knowledge /
  • Harry Kunneman
  • Morality and Genomics: Which Comes First? Towards Cooperative Inquiry /
  • Cor van der Weele
  • The Lack of Access to Medicines and the Health Impact Fund scheme /
  • Andries De Smet , Sigrid Sterckx and Julian Cockbain
  • Human Rights and Transhumanism: Is a Humanist Transhumanism Possible? /
  • Fernando Suárez Müller
  • The Spiritual Dimension of Human Enhancement: Remarks concerning the Discussion about Immortality /
  • Tatjana Kochetkova
  • Worldviews, Genomics and Enhanced Human Lifespan /
  • Peter Derkx
  • The Influence of Government and Industry on Technological Research in the Netherlands: A Personal Experience /
  • Alle Bruggink
  • Consumer Genomics Companies and Their Appeal to Empowerment /
  • Anders Nordgren
  • Fundamental Uncertainty as an Issue for Deliberative Democracy /
  • Michiel Korthals
  • From Prescription to Reconstruction: Opportunities for Subpolitical Choices in Biotechnological and Genomics Research /
  • Guido Ruivenkamp and Joost Jongerden
  • Storytelling as a Way to Enrich Democratic Discussion. The Dutch Debate on Embryo Selection for Hereditary Breast Cancer /
  • Marli Huijer
  • About the Authors
  • Subject Index.