The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology
An inclusive and socially legitimate governance structure is absent to address concerns over new agricultural biotechnologies. Establishing an agricultural bioethics commission devoted to inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology is urgent. Highlighting t...
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| author | Catherine Kendig Theresa Selfa Paul B. Thompson Raymond Anthony Wenda Bauchspies Gwendolyn Blue Ashmita Das Rebecca Harrison Chris Henke Shan Jin Jennifer Kuzma Forbes Lipschitz Kurt Richter Morgan Ruelle Timothy Silberg Bruno Takahashi |
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| description | An inclusive and socially legitimate governance structure is absent to address concerns over new agricultural biotechnologies. Establishing an agricultural bioethics commission devoted to inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology is urgent. Highlighting the social and ethical dimensions of current agricultural bioengineering disputes in the food system, we discuss how a nationally recognized policy forum could improve decision-making and increase public understanding of the issues. We clarify ways the concepts that are used to categorize food and frame governance of food affect consumer choices, and how dissemination of information and the mode of dissemination can contribute to social inequities. We cite the record of medically-oriented bioethic commissions and the history of international bioethic commissions in support of our argument, and end by discussing what such a commission dedicated to agriculture and food issues could reasonably be expected to achieve. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ea8cac9716914694966f144651bde45e2025-01-07T13:48:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Responsible Innovation2329-94602329-90372024-12-0111110.1080/23299460.2024.2304383The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnologyCatherine Kendig0Theresa Selfa1Paul B. Thompson2Raymond Anthony3Wenda Bauchspies4Gwendolyn Blue5Ashmita Das6Rebecca Harrison7Chris Henke8Shan Jin9Jennifer Kuzma10Forbes Lipschitz11Kurt Richter12Morgan Ruelle13Timothy Silberg14Bruno Takahashi15Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USADepartment of Philosophy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Philosophy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USADepartment of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USADepartment of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USADepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USAFaculty of Business and Law, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UKSchool of Public and International Affairs/Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USAKnowlton School/Landscape Architecture, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USADepartment of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USASchool of Journalism/AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAAn inclusive and socially legitimate governance structure is absent to address concerns over new agricultural biotechnologies. Establishing an agricultural bioethics commission devoted to inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology is urgent. Highlighting the social and ethical dimensions of current agricultural bioengineering disputes in the food system, we discuss how a nationally recognized policy forum could improve decision-making and increase public understanding of the issues. We clarify ways the concepts that are used to categorize food and frame governance of food affect consumer choices, and how dissemination of information and the mode of dissemination can contribute to social inequities. We cite the record of medically-oriented bioethic commissions and the history of international bioethic commissions in support of our argument, and end by discussing what such a commission dedicated to agriculture and food issues could reasonably be expected to achieve.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2304383Bioethics commissionsagricultural governancefood bioengineering disputesagricultural bioethicsagricultural biotechnology regulationagricultural epistemologies |
| spellingShingle | Catherine Kendig Theresa Selfa Paul B. Thompson Raymond Anthony Wenda Bauchspies Gwendolyn Blue Ashmita Das Rebecca Harrison Chris Henke Shan Jin Jennifer Kuzma Forbes Lipschitz Kurt Richter Morgan Ruelle Timothy Silberg Bruno Takahashi The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology Journal of Responsible Innovation Bioethics commissions agricultural governance food bioengineering disputes agricultural bioethics agricultural biotechnology regulation agricultural epistemologies |
| title | The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| title_full | The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| title_fullStr | The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| title_full_unstemmed | The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| title_short | The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| title_sort | need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology |
| topic | Bioethics commissions agricultural governance food bioengineering disputes agricultural bioethics agricultural biotechnology regulation agricultural epistemologies |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23299460.2024.2304383 |
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