유전자 편집기술의 정치･윤리적 규제와 아렌트의 ‘이해의 공적 담론’

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the political and ethical regulatory discourse of gene editing technology based on Arendt’s ‘public discourse of understanding.’ In order to achieve this research purpose, we will discuss political and ethical regulation of gene editing technology by selecting Arendt’s ‘method of understanding’, an academic research methodology that can guard against the dehumanization of science and technology. The research results are as follows. First, preliminary understanding enables us to respond appropriately to life science and technology, so that we have feelings of criticism and resentment against the strong eugenics that gene editing technology will bring. Second, the political and ethical regulatory discourse of gene editing technology is not a discourse based on blind knowledge, but a discourse tailored to reality and practice. Third, community-acceptable gene editing technology is possible through political judgment determined through the opinions of citizens through the ‘process of understanding.’ Although this study has a limitation in that it does not provide detailed guidelines for implementing political and ethical regulation of gene editing technology, it is meaningful in promoting the importance of public discourse as a basis for regulation of gene editing technology.