Researching the future: scenarios to explore the future of human genome editing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Forward-looking, democratically oriented governance is needed to ensure that human genome editing serves rather than undercuts public values. Scientific, policy, and ethics communities have recognized this necessity but have demonstrated limited understanding of how to fulfill it. The field of bioethics has long attempted to grapple with the unintended consequences of emerging technologies, but too often such foresight has lacked adequate scientific grounding, overemphasized regulation to the exclusion of examining underlying values, and failed to adequately engage the public.

Methods

This research investigates the application of scenario planning, a tool developed in the high-stakes, uncertainty-ridden world of corporate strategy, for the equally high-stakes and

SUBMITTER: Selin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512597 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature