Intellectual Property & Biotechnology
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A.
B.
General Biotechnology
1.
Meilaender, Gilbert and Robert Miller, “Stem Cells and Clones:
Theological Perspectives on Biomedical Research,” Public Exchange, The
University of Chicago Divinity School, November 15, 2002.
2.
Evans, John H., “Cloning Adam’s Rib: A Primer on Religious Responses
to Cloning,” Pew Forum on
Religion and Public Life.
3.
Mansoura, Ph.D., Monique K.,
“Medical Implications of the
Genetic Revolution,” 1 J. Health
Care L. & Policy 329, 1998.
4.
Richard Land and Ben Mitchell,
Patenting Life: No, First Things, May 1996, at 16-22;
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9605/opinion/land.html
5.
Ted Peters, Patenting Life: Yes, First Things, May 1996, at 16-22,
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9605/opinion/peters.html
6.
Walter, James J., “Theological Issues in Genetics,” Theological Studies,
March 1999, volume 60, issue 1, pg. 124.
7.
John Paul II, "Biological Research and Human Dignity," Origins 12
(October 22, 1982) 342-43.
8.
Science and Human Values Committee of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, "Critical Decision: Genetic Testing and Its Implications,"
Origins 25 (May 2, 1996) 769, 771-72.
Website Resources:
Council for Bio-Technology Information
National Human Genome Research Institute
Counsel for Responsible Genetics
Consumer Project on Technology
C.
Organ Sales:
1.
Anders Nordgren, Responsible Genetics: The Moral Responsibility of
Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 2001.
2.
Ownership of the Human Body: Philosophical Considerations on the Use
of the Human Body and Its Parts in Healthcare, vol. 59, Henk A. M. J.
Ten Have, Stuart F. Spicker, J.V. Welie
(editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1998.public policy debates concerning the use of
the human body for health, research and
commerce.
3.
Sanctity of Life & Human Dignity, Kurt
Bayertz (editor), Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1996.Bioethical discussion: 18
different papers concerning the concept of the
person; recognition of human life and dignity in
the law; analysis of the different philosophical,
profession, moral, and cultural.
4.
Mark J. Cherry, Persons & Their Bodies:
Rights, Responsibilities, and Relationships. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
1999.Debate regarding organ sales—position for and against, includes a
historical analysis of moral, political, and theoretical premises for positions—also
includes essays of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Kant, and Miller &
Christianity.
5.
H. Tristram Englehart, Jr. (editor), Philosophy of Medicine: Framing the
Field, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000. Some on organ sales and the lived
body—constructs a context for understanding bioethics.
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