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A Philosophical Exploration of the Concept of ‘Property’ in Genetics and Databanking: Challenges for Bioethics in Asia and Europe
Abstract
The chapter criticizes arguments purporting to show that the human body could be made available in the market as property and those arguing that the concept of property could be applicable to the human bodily parts or human DNA. The author argues that the genetic information contained in matter such as DNA cannot be taken for granted as classifiable as property. There are three reasons: DNA is too personal to be commodified; DNA is of familial nature; and commercialization of DNA runs the risk of exploitation of the disadvantaged. Moreover, ethics should venture to clarify interests and stakes in the debate, with sympathy for the vulnerable rather than executing the rationales of powerful groups in economy and society.
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