David Koepsell is an author, philosopher, attorney, and educator whose recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology, ethics, and public policy. He has provided commentary regarding ethics, society, religion, and technology for MSNBC, Fox News Channel, The Guardian, The Washington Times, NPR Radio, Radio Free Europe, Air America, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Associated Press, and other media. He is currently Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives, Comisión Nacional de Bioética, and a Visiting Professor at UNAM Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Mexico, D.F.

• Acknowledgments viii Preface to the Second Edition xForeword xivIntroduction xxiv1 Individual and Collective Rights in Genomic Data: Preliminary Issues 12 Ethics and Ontology: A Brief Discourse on Method 213 The Science of Genes 304 DNA, Species, Individuals, and Persons 525 Legal Dimensions in Gene Ownership 696 BRCA1 and 2: The Myriad Case and Beyond 887 Are Genes Intellectual Property? 1018 DNA and The Commons 1199 Pragmatic Considerations of Gene Ownership 13710 Nature, Genes, and the Scientific Commons: A Social Ontology of Invention 15511 So, Who Owns You? Some Conclusions About Genes, Property, and Personhood 165Notes 182Index 194

David Koepsell is an author, philosopher, attorney, and educator whose recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology, ethics, and public policy. He has provided commentary regarding ethics, society, religion, and technology for MSNBC, Fox News Channel, The Guardian, The Washington Times, NPR Radio, Radio Free Europe, Air America, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Associated Press, and other media. He is currently Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives, Comisión Nacional de Bioética, and a Visiting Professor at UNAM Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Mexico, D.F.

• Acknowledgments viii Preface to the Second Edition xForeword xivIntroduction xxiv1 Individual and Collective Rights in Genomic Data: Preliminary Issues 12 Ethics and Ontology: A Brief Discourse on Method 213 The Science of Genes 304 DNA, Species, Individuals, and Persons 525 Legal Dimensions in Gene Ownership 696 BRCA1 and 2: The Myriad Case and Beyond 887 Are Genes Intellectual Property? 1018 DNA and The Commons 1199 Pragmatic Considerations of Gene Ownership 13710 Nature, Genes, and the Scientific Commons: A Social Ontology of Invention 15511 So, Who Owns You? Some Conclusions About Genes, Property, and Personhood 165Notes 182Index 194