ABSTRACT

The present study has highlighted several important weaknesses and problems in the current debate on genetic discrimination. This last chapter summarizes the conceptual and empirical findings of the investigation and points to some serious shortcomings in the normative assessment and political evaluation of forms of exclusion, stigmatization, or disrespect based on genetic information. It calls for a more comprehensive concept of genetic discrimination which breaks with the idea of genetic normality that informs many non-discriminatory policies.