Bookedited by Veikko Launis, Juha Räikkä.
Contents:
Introduction : the scope and importance of genetic democracy / Veikko Launis
The prerequisites for genetic democracy / Helena Siipi
Ethical expertise in democratic societies / Eerik Lagerspetz
Towards global bioethics : the UNESCO universal declaration on bioethics and human rights / Henk ten Have
Autonomy and genetic privacy / Juha Räikkä
Values, rights and GMO : against radicalism
The precautionary principle and the risks of modern agri-biotechnology / Marko Ahteensuu
Population databanks and democracy in light of the Icelandic experience / Vilhjálmur Árnason and Stefán Hjörleifsson
Equality and community in public deliberation : genetic democracy in Taiwan / Terence Hua Tai and Wen-Tsong Chiou
Genetic resources, genetic democracy and genetic equity / Keekok Lee
Moral constraints on permissible genetic design / Thomas Pogge.