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Kantian Duty Ethics Compared with Current Intellectual Property Rights Laws

Kai K. Kimppa, Kantian Duty Ethics Compared with Current Intellectual Property Rights Laws. In: Frances Grodzinsky Lucas Introna Philip Brey (Ed.), Ethics of New Information Technology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE2005), 251-258, Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT), Enschede, the Netherlands, 2005.

Abstract:

This article discusses the question of whether the current intellectual property rights (IPRs) laws can be deducted from a Kantian duty based ethic. It introduces the reader to different formulations of Kant’s categorical imperative (CI). It goes through the arguments for the current IPRs and shows that they are not in accordance with these formulations. Thus the categorical imperative cannot be used as proof for the current IPR laws. The Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) movement is offered as an alternative which does fulfil the Kantian duty ethic.

BibTeX entry:

@INPROCEEDINGS{inpKimppa05a,
  title = {Kantian Duty Ethics Compared with Current Intellectual Property Rights Laws},
  booktitle = {Ethics of New Information Technology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE2005)},
  author = {Kimppa, Kai K.},
  editor = {Philip Brey, Frances Grodzinsky Lucas Introna},
  publisher = {Center for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT), Enschede, the Netherlands},
  pages = {251-258},
  year = {2005},
  keywords = {Kant, Ethics from Duty, Categorical Imperative, IPRs, F/OSS},
}

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