Introduction: Methods, Meanings, and Morals

Wasserman, David H.; Wachbroit, Robert

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“…As we will see below, it is crucial to understand that the question addressed by the classical approaches is about variation , not causation 35 . Perhaps it is surprising to learn, but the widely discussed classical studies cannot teach us anything about which genes cause or influence behavior, nor about how they do it.…”

Section: Part 2 An Introduction To Some Of the Factsmentioning

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Special Supplement: Genetic Differences and Human Identities: On Why Talking about Behavioral Genetics Is Important and Difficult

Parens¹

2004

The Hastings Center Report

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Section: Part 2 An Introduction To Some Of the Factsmentioning

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Special Supplement: Genetic Differences and Human Identities: On Why Talking about Behavioral Genetics Is Important and Difficult

Parens¹

2004

The Hastings Center Report

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“…Research into the ethical, legal, and social implications of behavioural genetics itself provokes controversy as was seen in the politics surrounding a conference to discuss the possibility of genetic roots of criminal behaviour. 49 Interestingly, we found that healthcare professionals and parents focused on different aspects of behavioural genetics. Throughout the interviews with the healthcare professionals, both the genetic professionals and paediatricians tended to medicalise violent behaviour.…”

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Attitudes of healthcare professionals and parents regarding genetic testing for violent traits in childhood

Campbell

Ross

2004

J Med Ethics

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Objectives: Although no genetic tests for violent behaviour are currently available, research is ongoing to isolate genes related to a propensity for violence. We explored the attitudes of parents and healthcare professionals toward behavioural genetic testing for violence. Design: The attitudes of healthcare professionals and the lay public about genetic testing of children were elicited for a range of conditions through interviews with healthcare professionals and focus groups with parents. All participants were informed that behavioural genetic testing was the only hypothetical genetic test in our script and it was presented as the last condition. Participants: The healthcare professionals included both genetic professionals and paediatricians. Focus group participants were recruited through various community institutions in the southside of Chicago and nearby suburbs.

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“…Nevertheless, these cases still raise contentious issues of determinism, free will, intention, predisposition, stereotyping, disease, essentialism, the idea of the “self,” prediction, and a whole host of related concepts and disciplines, especially neuroscience. In 1992, the National Institutes of Health had to reschedule a conference called “Genetic Factors in Crime: Findings, Uses, and Implications” that was to focus on the current research and findings on the genetic underpinnings of violence, owing to the outcry on the provocative nature of the topic and arguments that the conference smacked of eugenics and racism (113). Although dialogue has increased following the Human Genome Project’s completion in 2003, it is still an uncomfortable subject for many, including the behavioral genetics community.…”

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Ethical, Legal, Social, and Policy Implications of Behavioral Genetics

Berryessa

Cho

2013

Annu. Rev. Genom. Hum. Genet.

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The field of behavioral genetics has engendered a host of moral and social concerns virtually since its inception. The policy implications of a genetic basis for behaviors are widespread and extend beyond the clinic to the socially important realms of education, criminal justice, childbearing, and child rearing. The development of new techniques and analytic approaches, including whole-genome sequencing, noninvasive prenatal genetic testing, and optogenetics, has clearly changed the study of behavioral genetics. However, the social context of biomedical research has also changed profoundly over the past few decades, and in ways that are especially relevant to behavioral genetics. The ever-widening scope of behavioral genetics raises ethical, legal, social, and policy issues in the potential new applications to criminal justice, education, the military, and reproduction. These issues are especially critical to address because of their potentially disproportionate effects on vulnerable populations such as children, the unborn, and the incarcerated.

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Introduction: Methods, Meanings, and Morals

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Special Supplement: Genetic Differences and Human Identities: On Why Talking about Behavioral Genetics Is Important and Difficult

Special Supplement: Genetic Differences and Human Identities: On Why Talking about Behavioral Genetics Is Important and Difficult

Attitudes of healthcare professionals and parents regarding genetic testing for violent traits in childhood

Ethical, Legal, Social, and Policy Implications of Behavioral Genetics

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