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dc.contributor.authorRappert, Brianen_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.date.accessioned2008-07-18T11:30:19Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T10:54:28Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T15:51:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-02en_GB
dc.description.abstractThis article considers how threats, risks, and benefits associated with research are defined in contemporary policy debates. Specifically, it examines what has become known as the ‘dual-use potential’ of life science research findings and techniques. Focus is given to the emerging dominant policy response of enacting oversight processes to weigh the risks and benefits of individual instances of research. The curiosity at the center of this article is how it is often said that any knowledge might be used for destructive ends but, in practice, it has been extremely rare that anything has even been identified as ‘of concern’. This situation raises basic questions about the purposes and prospects of oversight procedures. Various proposals are advanced in reply. These include better understanding how notions of the utility of research are constructed, searching for improved methods for assessing risks and benefits, attending to factors that might affect risk–benefit calculations, pursuing alternative questions and challenging fundamental tenants in policy discussions.en_GB
dc.identifier.citation35(1), pp.37-43en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.3152/030234207X276509en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/32453en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBeech Tree Publishingen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.scipol.co.uk/spp.htmen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/beech/spp/2008/00000035/00000001/art00006en_GB
dc.subjectlife sciencesen_GB
dc.subjectscientific researchen_GB
dc.subjectbiosciencesen_GB
dc.subjectbiotechnologyen_GB
dc.subjectbiological weaponsen_GB
dc.subjectresearch governanceen_GB
dc.titleThe benefits, risks, and threats of biotechnologyen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2008-07-18T11:30:19Zen_GB
dc.date.available2011-01-25T10:54:28Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T15:51:44Z
dc.identifier.issn0302-3427en_GB
dc.descriptionPublished version reproduced with the permission of the publisher.en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1471-5430en_GB
dc.identifier.journalScience and Public Policyen_GB


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