Who owns you? : the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes / / David Koepsell
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| Autore: |
Koepsell David R (David Richard)
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| Titolo: |
Who owns you? : the corporate gold-rush to patent your genes / / David Koepsell
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 346.04/86 |
| Soggetto topico: | Genes |
| Human genetics - Law and legislation | |
| Intellectual property - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Personality (Law) | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Individual and collective rights in genomic data : preliminary issues -- Ethics and ontology : a brief discourse on method -- The science : genes and phenotypes -- DNA, species, individuals, and persons -- Legal dimensions in gene ownership -- Are genes intellectual property? -- DNA and the commons -- Pragmatic considerations of gene ownership -- So, who owns you? : some conclusions about genes, property, and personhood. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Who Owns You? is a comprehensive exploration of the numerous philosophical and legal problems of gene patenting.Provides the first comprehensive book-length treatment of this subjectDevelops arguments regarding moral realism, and provides a method of judgment that attempts to be ideologically neutralCalls for public attention and policy changes to end the practice of gene patenting |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Who owns you |
| ISBN: | 9786612139130 |
| 1-4443-0859-9 | |
| 1-4443-0858-0 | |
| 1-282-13913-4 | |
| 1-4443-6065-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815895703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell public philosophy.