Designing Animals: Ethical Issues for Genetic Engineers
Two general philosophical approaches to ethical issues in property rights are described. Instrumental approaches take property rights to be means for achieving goals such as social efficiency or economic growth. Labor approaches take property rights to be fundamental human rights that protect libert...
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Published in | Journal of dairy science Vol. 75; no. 8; pp. 2294 - 2303 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Savoy, IL
Elsevier Inc
01.08.1992
Am Dairy Sci Assoc American Dairy Science Association |
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Summary: | Two general philosophical approaches to ethical issues in property rights are described. Instrumental approaches take property rights to be means for achieving goals such as social efficiency or economic growth. Labor approaches take property rights to be fundamental human rights that protect liberty or that assign ownership of goods based on criteria of desert. A thought experiment is used to illustrate the relevance of these theories to intellectual property. Alternative strategies for application of ethical theory to animal biotechnology are surveyed. The choice of an approach determines a burden of proof that must be met before property claims can be ethically sanctioned, but the question of which approach should be applied to animal biotechnology remains open. Ethical issues raised by unwanted consequences of biotechnology and religious objections to gene transfer are briefly summarized with emphasis on how these issues have influenced public debate on animal patents. |
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ISSN: | 0022-0302 1525-3198 |
DOI: | 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(92)77991-0 |