We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Helen WallaceHelen Wallace is Deputy Director of GeneWatch UK. She specialises in the ethics, risks and social implications of human genetic engineering. She has worked as an environmental scientist and as senior scientist at Greenpeace UK, where she was responsible for science and policy work on a range of issues. Recent articlesA UK Biobank: good for public health? Could GeneWatch UK be exactly the kind of ‘genetic union’ Mike Fortun advocated as a vehicle for ‘genomic solidarity’? Here, its deputy director focuses on the controversial Biobank UK, and questions its aims, cost, science and commerce. She makes the case for a democratic debate which alerts the public to the moral and political issues it raises, and helps find a way of reconciling scientific progress with citizens’ rights. |
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