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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.
 

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface and Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x, 1-2
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  1. Introduction: Science, Technology, and Society From Commodification to the Common Good
  2. pp. 3-12
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  1. 1. Science, Technology, and the Science-Technology Relationship
  2. pp. 13-44
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  1. 2. Why Technologies Are Inherently Normative
  2. pp. 45-87
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  1. 3. Commodifying Science and Technology: The Theory and Practice of Patenting
  2. pp. 88-119
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  1. 4. Mertonian Values, Scientific Norms, and the Patenting of Academic Research
  2. pp. 120-148
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  1. 5. Which Scientific Knowledge Is a Common Good?
  2. pp. 149-182
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  1. 6. Genuine Public Interests: What They Are and How They May Be Advanced
  2. pp. 183-209
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  1. 7. The Public Interest of Science and Technology
  2. pp. 210-253
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  1. 8. From Commodification to the Common Good
  2. pp. 254-262
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  1. References
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  1. Index
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