Intellectual property and theories of justice / edited by Axel Gosseries, Alain Marciano and Alain Strowel
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
Descript
xi, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Introduction: How (Un)fair is intellectual property? -- Lockean justifications of intellectual property -- Are rawlsians entitled to monopoly rights? -- Access to vs. exclusion from knowledge: intellectual property, efficiency and social justice -- The incentives argument for intellectual property protection -- When property is something else: understanding intellectual property through the lens of regulatory justice -- Liberty and the rejection of strong intellectual property rights -- Is P2P sharing of MP3 files and objectionable form of free riding? -- Copyright and freedom of expression: a philosophical map -- Free software, proprietary software and linguistic justice. -- How efficients is the patent system? A general appraisal and an application to the pharmaceutical sector -- Patents on drugs - the wrong prescription? Is it ethical to patent human genes?
SUBJECT
Intellectual property -- Interpretation and construction
Intellectual property -- Moral and ethical aspects