Are intellectual property rights compatible with Rawlsian principles of justice?

Murphy, Darryl J.

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“…For example, Collins, Miller, Spielman, and Wherry (1994) "use the reasoning that Rawls applied to general societal ethics in the specific context of software fairness, modifying his ideas as needed to apply to computing" (p. 85). Similarly general approaches are taken by Lockhart (2001), Johnson and Miller (2002), and Murphy (2012). More specifically, Powers (2003) uses Rawls's distinction between two concepts of rules to systematically identify norms and standards at play in a particular online community (see also Tavani, Grodzinsky, & Spinello, 2003).…”

Section: Methodological Applicationsmentioning

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Beyond distributions and primary goods: Assessing applications of rawls in information science and technology literature since 1990

Hoffmann

2016

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This article reviews the ways in which the work and ideas of political philosopher John Rawls have been appropriated or applied by scholars of information science, technology, and related areas since 1990. The article begins with an overview of Rawls's work, paying particular attention to its foundations and methods. Subsequently, a 2‐phase discussion of the literature is presented. The first phase reviews engagements with Rawls from more than 150 scholarly articles from databases and journals dedicated to information and technology ethics, information/technology studies, philosophy of technology, and technology and human values. The second phase focuses on scholars who have demonstrated a significant commitment to Rawlsian theory in these areas. Overall, the review demonstrates that most significant applications of Rawls are oriented toward unequal distributions of informational goods exacerbated by advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs). Critically, however, scholars in this area have overlooked the relevance of Rawls's foundations for the sorts of complex networked relationships afforded by those same advanced ICTs. Rather than representing a fatal gap, it opens up a new avenue for the renewed consideration of Rawls—his ideas on the basic structure of society and the importance of self‐respect are offered as 2 possible paths forward.

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Section: Methodological Applicationsmentioning

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Beyond distributions and primary goods: Assessing applications of rawls in information science and technology literature since 1990

Hoffmann

2016

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“…This not only lowers their welfare but also bars them from acquiring information necessary to improving their situation. 25 To conclude, I believe (value-pluralist) consequentialism draws our attention to important concerns about copyright. I hope to have shown that it is very difficult to make a conclusive argument for copyright using such an approach, and there are strong indicators that consequentialism favours alternatives to the copyright system.…”

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Sharing is caring vs. stealing is wrong: a moral argument for limiting copyright protection

Hauser

2017

IJTPL

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“…The first set of knowledge resources is labor value (LV). In accordance with the labor theory of value, the value of knowledge resources results from human labor and is determined by socially necessary labor time (Mossoff, 2012;Murphy, 2012). In a practical application, Brooking (1996) aimed to calculate a dollar value for the non-tangible parts of an organization.…”

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Measuring the performance of knowledge resources using a value perspective: integrating BSC and ANP

Wen

Yan

2015

Journal of Knowledge Management

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Purpose – This paper aims to provide insight into how knowledge resources in R & D organizations can be effectively and separately measured for knowledge sharing and transfer. Knowledge is recognized as a durable strategic resource to obtain sustainable competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes a theoretical framework integrating an analytic network process (ANP) with a balanced scorecard (BSC) to measure the performance of knowledge resources under value perspective. Four indicators and three knowledge value (KV) components including labor value, technology value and utilization value are discussed. The model construction, problem structuring and calculation procedure for measuring the performance of knowledge resources based on ANP and BSC are demonstrated. Findings – Despite a number of models to assess the performance of knowledge resources being proposed, they highlighted a need for separately measuring under value perspective. With the aim of filling this gap, the main finding of the paper is to clarify relevant issues, providing a better framework for assessment of the performance of knowledge resources. Research limitations/implications – To handle the dynamic nature of knowledge, the research should take into account more advanced methods to measure the performance of knowledge resources. Both qualitative and quantitative methods should be utilized in future research. Practical implications – The consequences of measuring the performance of knowledge resources under value perspective may help managers to organize and arrange the separate knowledge resources, improving the knowledge resources exchange between different institutions in R & D organizations. Originality/value – The main contribution of this paper lies in the development of a comprehensive model, which incorporates diversified issues for conducting the performance of knowledge resources under value perspective.

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Are intellectual property rights compatible with Rawlsian principles of justice?

Abstract: This paper argues that intellectual property rights are incompatible with Rawls'

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Beyond distributions and primary goods: Assessing applications of rawls in information science and technology literature since 1990

Beyond distributions and primary goods: Assessing applications of rawls in information science and technology literature since 1990

Sharing is caring vs. stealing is wrong: a moral argument for limiting copyright protection

Measuring the performance of knowledge resources using a value perspective: integrating BSC and ANP

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