Public concerns in the United Kingdom about general and specific applications of genetic engineering: Risk, benefit, and ethics
Public concerns in the United Kingdom about general and specific applications of genetic engineering: Risk, benefit, and ethics
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DOI：
10.1177/016224399702200105
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发表时间：
1997-12-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Shepherd, R
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作者：
Frewer, LJ;Howard, C;Shepherd, R
数据库网格法被用来确定受访者使用什么术语来区分不同的遗传工程应用，这些应用来自与食品相关的、农业和医疗应用。受访者被要求对15个概括的应用程序和结果做出反应，而第二项研究将15个更具体的应用程序用作刺激。这两组数据都提交给了普罗克斯特分析。与动物或人类遗传物质相关的应用被描述为引起伦理关注，是非自然的、有害的和危险的。涉及植物或微生物的那些被描述为有益的、进步的和必要的。这一结果在调查研究中得到了验证，这表明基因工程的一般应用被认为是积极的或消极的，而具体的应用在感知方面更具差异性。这些结果表明，关于基因工程的公众辩论必须适当考虑到公众关切的复杂性。
The repertory grid method was used to determine what terminology respondents use to distinguish between different applications of genetic engineering drawn from food-related, agricultural, and medical applications. Respondents were asked to react to fifteen applications phrased in general terms, and results compared with a second study where fifteen more specific applications were used as stimuli. Both sets of data were submitted to generalized procrustes analysis. Applications associated with animals or human genetic material were described as causing ethical concern, being unnatural, harmful, and dangerous. Those involving plants or microorganisms were described as beneficial, progressive, and necessary. The results were validated in survey research, which indicated that general applications of genetic engineering were perceived as either positive or negative, whereas specific applications were more highly differentiated in perceptual terms. The results imply that the public debate about genetic engineering must take due account of the complexity of public concerns.