caa a22 4500 445798440 CHVBK 20180317145133.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11017-010-9145-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11017-010-9145-x Brassington Iain CSEP/iSEI, School of Law, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut Is there a duty to remain in ignorance? [Elektronische Daten] [Iain Brassington] Questions about information inform many debates in bioethics. One of the reasons for this is that at least some level of information is taken by many to be a prerequisite of valid consent. For others, autonomy in the widest sense presupposes information, because one cannot be in control of one's life without at least some insight into what it could turn out to contain. Yet not everyone shares this view, and there is a debate about whether or not there is a right to remain in ignorance of one's medical, and especially genetic, information. It is notable, though, that this debate leaves unexamined the assumption that, if a person wants information, he is entitled to it. This paper examines the assumption, specifically in relation to genetics, where learning facts about oneself may reveal facts about other people, particularly one's close relatives. This may be taken as a violation of their privacy, and since privacy is something that we normally think should be respected, it is worth asking whether one ought to abjure the opportunity to obtain genetic information for the sake of privacy. In effect, there may be an argument to be made not just for a right to remain in ignorance, but for a duty to do so. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Genetic information nationallicence Privacy nationallicence Autonomy nationallicence Duties nationallicence Rights nationallicence Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/2(2011-04-01), 101-115 1386-7415 32:2<101 2011 32 11017 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9145-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-010-9145-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Brassington Iain CSEP/iSEI, School of Law, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics Springer Netherlands 32/2(2011-04-01), 101-115 1386-7415 32:2<101 2011 32 11017 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer