The human genome: common resource but not common heritage
2004
Resnik, D.B. | Korthals, M.
The claim that the human genome is our common heritage coincides with the debate about patenting of DNA sequences that began in the 1990s. People opposed to DNA patenting argued the common-heritage idea has important policy implications for thecommercialization of human DNA. Some writers argued that viewing the human genome as our common heritage implies that there should be no patents on human DNA sequences (CRG 2000). This paper will examine and critique the idea that the human genome is thecommon heritage of mankind. It will argue that the human genome is not literally our common heritage; it is best viewed as a common resource, but not as our common heritage. Since the genome is a common resource, the patenting of DNA is morallyacceptable, provided that we honour out moral duties to the genome, which include duties of stewardship and justice. This essay will give a brief overview of treating DNA as intellectual property before proceeding to the main arguments
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