Book contents
- Patents on Life
- Patents on Life
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Prefatory Note and Acknowledgements
- Opening
- I Life Patents, Law, and Morality
- II Religious Perspectives on Life Patents
- 5 Intellectual Property Rights and the Fundamental Right to the Commons in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching
- 6 Human Rights and Life Patents: Lessons from the Church’s Social Teaching and Engagement in the United States
- 7 Intellectual Property and Genetic Sequences: A Jewish Law Perspective
- 8 Intellectual Property, Islamic Values, and the Patenting of Genes
- 9 Christian Libertarianism and the Curious Lack of Religious Objections to the Patenting of Life Forms in the United States
- 10 From Chakrabarty to Myriad and Beyond: Catholic Contributions to the Gene-Patenting Debate
- III Social Justice and Political Aspects
- Closing
- Index
9 - Christian Libertarianism and the Curious Lack of Religious Objections to the Patenting of Life Forms in the United States
from II - Religious Perspectives on Life Patents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2019
- Patents on Life
- Patents on Life
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Prefatory Note and Acknowledgements
- Opening
- I Life Patents, Law, and Morality
- II Religious Perspectives on Life Patents
- 5 Intellectual Property Rights and the Fundamental Right to the Commons in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching
- 6 Human Rights and Life Patents: Lessons from the Church’s Social Teaching and Engagement in the United States
- 7 Intellectual Property and Genetic Sequences: A Jewish Law Perspective
- 8 Intellectual Property, Islamic Values, and the Patenting of Genes
- 9 Christian Libertarianism and the Curious Lack of Religious Objections to the Patenting of Life Forms in the United States
- 10 From Chakrabarty to Myriad and Beyond: Catholic Contributions to the Gene-Patenting Debate
- III Social Justice and Political Aspects
- Closing
- Index
Summary
The chapter argues that one partial explanation for the curious lack of religious opposition to the patenting of life forms in the United States is the rise of Christian Libertarianism and Christian Materialism. The chapter sets forth the sparse history of religious objections to patent life by prominent denominations and then, following Kevin Kruse, charts the entanglement of evangelical Christianity, corporate advocacy, and governmental religious practice in the U.S. in the latter half of the 20th Century. As libertarian and materialistic strains of Christianity gain prominence and embrace a theology where property rights are central, the ability to make religious arguments against patenting are greatly diminished.
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- Patents on LifeReligious, Moral, and Social Justice Aspects of Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, pp. 152 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019