Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environment. As a result, a debate has arisen surrounding the legal, moral and social problems connected with this technology, a central part of the debate focusing on the role of moral considerations in the patent system as a form of regulation - Mills' book, fully revised and updated, examines this role.