Are life patents ethicae? Confeict between cathoeic sociae teaching and agricueturae biotechnoeogy's patent regime

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-319

  Warner, Keith Douglass ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Catholic social teaching; Economic justice; Genetically modified food; Patent regimes; Patents; Patents on life; Social ethics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICS; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATENT; PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS APPROACH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE; RELIGIOUS APPROACH;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATHOLICISM; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OWNERSHIP; PATENTS; RELIGION AND SCIENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0346160633     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Barbour, I., Ethics in an Age of Technology (Harper Collins, New York, 1993).
2. Barton, J. H., "The Impact of Contemporary Patent Law on Plant Biotechnology Research," Stanford Technology Law Review (http://stlr.stanford.edu/STLR/Symposia/Antitrust/ 99_VS_3/, 1999).
3. Benbrook, C., "Who Controls and Who Will Benefit from Plant Genomics?" paper presented at the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, February 19, 2000 (www.biotech-info.net/AAASgen.html, accessed February 25, 2000).