Sustainability and Social Justice
Document Type
Article
Abstract
An inclusive and socially legitimate governance structure is absent to address concerns over new agricultural biotechnologies. Establishing an agricultural bioethics commission devoted to inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology is urgent. Highlighting the social and ethical dimensions of current agricultural bioengineering disputes in the food system, we discuss how a nationally recognized policy forum could improve decision-making and increase public understanding of the issues. We clarify ways the concepts that are used to categorize food and frame governance of food affect consumer choices, and how dissemination of information and the mode of dissemination can contribute to social inequities. We cite the record of medically-oriented bioethic commissions and the history of international bioethic commissions in support of our argument, and end by discussing what such a commission dedicated to agriculture and food issues could reasonably be expected to achieve.
Publication Title
Journal of Responsible Innovation
Publication Date
2024
Volume
11
Issue
1
ISSN
2329-9460
DOI
10.1080/23299460.2024.2304383
Keywords
agricultural bioethics, agricultural biotechnology regulation, agricultural epistemologies, agricultural governance, Bioethics commissions, food bioengineering disputes
Repository Citation
Kendig, Catherine; Selfa, Theresa; Thompson, Paul B.; Anthony, Raymond; Bauchspies, Wenda; Blue, Gwendolyn; Das, Ashmita; Harrison, Rebecca; Henke, Chris; Jin, Shan; Kuzma, Jennifer; Lipschitz, Forbes; Lichter, Kurt; Ruelle, Morgan; Silberg, Timothy; and Takahashi, Bruno, "The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology" (2024). Sustainability and Social Justice. 564.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_idce/564
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Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged with citation: Kendig, C., Selfa, T., Thompson, P. B., Anthony, R., Bauchspies, W., Blue, G., ... & Takahashi, B. (2024). The need for more inclusive deliberation on ethics and governance in agricultural and food biotechnology. Journal of responsible innovation, 11(1), 2304383.
