Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Reproductive Freedom, and Deliberative Democracy. Export

@article{citeulike:4154663, abstract = {In this paper I argue that the account of deliberative democracy advanced by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson (1996, 2004) is a useful normative theory that can help enhance our deliberations about public policy in morally pluralistic societies. More specifically, I illustrate how the prescriptions of deliberative democracy can be applied to the issue of regulating non-medical uses of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), such as gender selection. Deliberative democracy does not aim to win a philosophical debate among rival first-order theories, such as libertarianism, egalitarianism or feminism. Rather, it advances a second-order analysis that strives to help us determine what would constitute a reasonable balance between the conflicting fundamental values that arise in the context of regulating PGD. I outline a theoretical model (called the Reasonable Genetic Intervention Model) that brings these issues to the fore. Such a model incorporates the concern for both procedural and substantive principles; and it does so in way that takes provisionality seriously.}, author = {Farrelly, Colin}, citeulike-article-id = {4154663}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251775}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19251775}, day = {27}, issn = {1744-5019}, journal = {The Journal of medicine and philosophy}, keywords = {eugenics, genetic-testing, pgd, reproductive-technologies}, month = {February}, posted-at = {2009-03-09 12:28:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Reproductive Freedom, and Deliberative Democracy.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251775}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4154663 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4154663 N2 - In this paper I argue that the account of deliberative democracy advanced by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson (1996, 2004) is a useful normative theory that can help enhance our deliberations about public policy in morally pluralistic societies. More specifically, I illustrate how the prescriptions of deliberative democracy can be applied to the issue of regulating non-medical uses of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), such as gender selection. Deliberative democracy does not aim to win a philosophical debate among rival first-order theories, such as libertarianism, egalitarianism or feminism. Rather, it advances a second-order analysis that strives to help us determine what would constitute a reasonable balance between the conflicting fundamental values that arise in the context of regulating PGD. I outline a theoretical model (called the Reasonable Genetic Intervention Model) that brings these issues to the fore. Such a model incorporates the concern for both procedural and substantive principles; and it does so in way that takes provisionality seriously. JF - The Journal of medicine and philosophy SN - 1744-5019 TI - Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Reproductive Freedom, and Deliberative Democracy. KW - eugenics KW - genetic-testing KW - pgd KW - reproductive-technologies AU - Farrelly, Colin PY - 2009/02/27/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251775 ER -