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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The commodification of science--often identified with commercialization, or the selling of expertise and research results and the "capitalization of knowledge" in academia and beyond--has been investigated as a threat to the autonomy of science and academic culture and criticized for undermining the social responsibility of modern science. In From Commodification to the Common Good, Hans Radder revisits the commodification of the sciences from a philosophical perspective to focus instead on a potential alternative, the notion of public-interest science. Scientific knowledge, he argues, constitutes a common good only if it serves those affected by the issues at stake, irrespective of commercial gain. Scrutinizing the theory and practices of scientific and technological patenting, Radder challenges the legitimacy of commercial monopolies and the private appropriation and exploitation of research results. His book invites us to reevaluate established laws and to question doctrines and practices that may impede or even prohibit scientific research and social progress so that we might achieve real and significant transformations in service of the common good. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Science -- Social aspects.
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Science -- Economic aspects.
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Science -- Economic aspects. |
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Science. |
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Technology -- Social aspects. |
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Technology -- Economic aspects.
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Technology -- Economic aspects. |
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Public goods.
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Public goods. |
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Science and civilization.
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Science and civilization. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Radder, Hans. From commodification to the common good. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019] 9780822945796 (DLC) 2019020486 (OCoLC)1096229912 |
| ISBN |
9780822987093 (electronic book) |
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0822987090 (electronic book) |
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9780822945796 |
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0822945797 |
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