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The microphysics of accountability.

Bernhard Wieser¹

¹Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work, and Culture, Graz, Austria. wieser@ifz.tugraz.at

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Summary

Medical experts use the law to legitimize genetic medicine and avoid ethical discussions. Referring to legal frameworks allows them to claim their actions are accountable, closing down further debate.

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Sociology of Law
Science and Technology Studies

Background:

The law's role in legitimizing scientific advancements, particularly in genetic medicine, is complex.
Medical professionals often navigate ethical considerations by referencing legal frameworks.
Existing literature explores the law's function in accountability but often overlooks its rhetorical deployment in practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how medical experts utilize the law to establish accountability for genetic medicine practices.
To analyze the argumentative function of law in legitimizing professional actions within genetic medicine.
To understand how legal references are rhetorically employed to manage ethical and social implications.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of interview data from medical experts.

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Theoretical framework informed by Sheila Jasanoff's work on law and accountability.

Application of Michel Foucault's perspectives on the non-repressive functions of law.

Main Results:

Medical experts strategically use the law to present their professional actions as ethically sound.
Legal references serve to make medical practices appear socially robust and beyond reproach.
The law is rhetorically employed to shut down discussions on ethical and social issues, transferring responsibility.

Conclusions:

Referring to the law enables genetic medicine experts to avoid in-depth engagement with ethical and social concerns.
The law acts as a tool for communicative closure, signaling that further debate is unnecessary.
Legal discourse allows experts to promote professional interests and deflect ethical problems onto other actors.