The Recombinant DNA Debate
What factors challenge conventional decision
makers?
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The virtue of having those at risk involved in decision-making
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Historical autonomy of scientists; should this continue w/ public financial
support of research?
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Challenges to the legitimacy of current decision-making organizations are
based on:
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University/industrial financial interdependency
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Intense competition within science
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Each could lead to decision made for the individual not public good.
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Realization that science is not ethically neutral.