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Patenting life forms and preserving human values.

E L Lisson
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Utilitarian, pragmatic, and legal considerations, while valid, must not overshadow Catholic moral theology's concern about patenting life in view of natural law. The fundamental issues remain: Does technology diminish human values? Does the patent system's own monopolistic power pose its own risk?

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E L Lisson. 1981. Patenting life forms and preserving human values.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10289283/

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