1. Three Conditions Toward Bioethical Governance: A Case Study on South Korea.
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Myong Hwa Lee
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *POLITICAL science , *CONSTITUTIONAL history , *BIOETHICS , *POLITICAL rights , *CIVIL rights - Abstract
Bioethical issues have become one of the significant policy issues, but there is a general lack of academic studies in political science to approach the issueâ”especially, addressing how the governance for such issue has been (and is) established. This paper will discuss the process of establishing governance for regulating bioethical issues, and will use South Korea, which passed "Korean Bioethics and Biosafety Act of 2003" in National Assembly, as the primary case study. The case will examine the three conditions that are required in establishing bioethical governance: (1) technological advancement, (2) issue-framing, and (3) political interest. Technological advancement, e.g., cloning, is a precondition to require regulations of technology. This precondition becomes effective in making bioethical governance when non-governmental organizations (NGOs) emphasize particular issues over the technology advancement. The bioethical governance, however, is completed only when it is related to the political interest of legislators and governmental officials. Finally, this paper will show how these conditions can be applied to other biotechnological issues, such as genetically modified (GM) food issues. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008