Overview
- Current moral, legal and political questions about genetic engineering
- An interdisciplinary approach
- Answers to urgent questions about biotechnological development
Part of the book series: Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society (TEWG)
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Genome Editing Techniques are seen to be at the frontier of current research in the field of emerging biotechnologies. The latest revolutionary development, the so-called CRISPR technology, represents a paradigmatic example of the ambiguity of such techniques and has resulted in an international interdisciplinary debate on whether or not it is necessary to ban the application of this technique by means of a moratorium on its use for human germline modifications, particularly in human embryos in the reproduction process. However, given that other germline engineering techniques like mitochondrial (mt) DNA transfer techniques are already permitted and applied, the question arises what lies at the root of the apparent social unease about the modification of the human germline by Genome Editing Techniques like CRISPR. Against this background, the book seeks to make a substantial contribution to the current debate about a responsible and participatory framework for research on emerging biotechnologies by analysing underlying perceptions, attitudes, arguments and the reasoning on Genome Editing Techniques.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mapping the Current Legal Framing
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Theoretical Challenges
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Towards a Governance Frame in Dealing with Genome Editing
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Matthias Braun is assistant Professor at the Chair of Systematic Theology II (Ethics), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Hannah Schickl is research assistant in the Interdisciplinary Research Group “Gene Technology Report”, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Peter Dabrock is Professor of Systematic Theology/Ethics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Chair of the German Ethics Council.
Hannah Schickl is research assistant in the Interdisciplinary Research Group “Gene Technology Report”, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Peter Dabrock is Professor of Systematic Theology/Ethics at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Chair of the German Ethics Council.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Between Moral Hazard and Legal Uncertainty
Book Subtitle: Ethical, Legal and Societal Challenges of Human Genome Editing
Editors: Matthias Braun, Hannah Schickl, Peter Dabrock
Series Title: Technikzukünfte, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft / Futures of Technology, Science and Society
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22660-2
Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-22659-6Published: 21 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-22660-2Published: 15 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-3764
Series E-ISSN: 2524-3772
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 225
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Research Ethics, Bioethics