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Cloning and deliberation: Korean consensus conference.

Myung-Sik Kim1

  • 1Dongsung Apt 7-1203, Shinnae-dong, Jungrang-Gu, Seoul, 131-781 Korea. kimmungsik@hotmail.com; science@pumyang.co.kr

Developing World Bioethics
|July 23, 2003
PubMed
Summary

The 2nd Korean consensus conference on cloning utilized public deliberation, a democratic approach enhancing legitimacy and informed decision-making in biotechnology. This model offers advantages over elitist approaches for complex ethical issues.

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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Political Science
  • Sociology

Background:

  • The 2nd Korean consensus conference on cloning was convened in 1999 by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
  • Cloning presents complex ethical and social challenges requiring public engagement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the effectiveness and advantages of the consensus conference model in addressing the social agenda of cloning.
  • To explore the democratic potential of public deliberation in scientific and ethical decision-making.

Main Methods:

  • The study examines the proceedings of the 1999 Korean consensus conference on cloning.
  • It analyzes the consensus conference as a form of deliberative democracy, contrasting it with aggregative and elitist models.

Main Results:

Keywords:
Biomedical and Behavioral ResearchGenetics and Reproduction

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  • Consensus conferences offer a democratic approach that enhances political legitimacy.
  • This model provides a mechanism to check the partiality of expert groups in biotechnology and ethics.
  • Public deliberation leads to informed, responsible decisions and educates citizens' preferences on complex issues like cloning.

Conclusions:

  • The deliberative model, as exemplified by the cloning consensus conference, has significant advantages for addressing complex societal issues.
  • Further institutional efforts are needed to incorporate the perspectives of future generations in cloning discussions.
  • The model should be refined to ensure that all relevant values, particularly those concerning the value of life, can be adequately expressed and considered.