Ethical Issues Associated with the Patenting of Higher Life Forms - Table of contents

Ted Schrecker
Carl Elliott
C. Barry Hoffmaster
E.W. Keyserlingk
Margaret A. Somerville

Table of Contents

I.	The United States and European Experiences

II.	Canadian Policy and Politics

III.	Analysing Arguments For and Against Patenting Higher Life Forms

IV.	Of Slippery Slopes and Accumulated Consequences

V.	Generic Arguments About Patenting Higher Life Forms

VI.	On Playing God

VII.	Some Distributional Consequences of the Ownership of Genetic Resources

VIII.	The Control of Environmental Hazards

IX.	Animal Welfare

X.	Patenting and Human Beings

XI.	Commodification and Objectification

XII.	Conclusions: On Process and Substance

XIII.	Epilogue


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