Team:Edinburgh/Interview Analysis

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Interview Analysis

During our interviews, a number of themes came up. Some related specifically to our biorefineries project, while others applied to synthetic biology more generally.

Contents

Biosafety

Precautionary Principle

A number of interviewees mentioned the Precautionary Principle, which states that we should not do something unless we understand things well enough to know that it is safe. The Principle demands that anyone undertaking research show that it is not harmful.

Regulation

Accidental Release

Risk Assessments

Social justice

Who benefits?

Exploitation / sourcing

Other ethical questions

Animal suffering

Biologists aren't ethicists

Democracy

Public engagement

Media interaction

Patents

Sustainability

The insufficiency of SB