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Research at the Auction Block: Problems for the Fair Benefits Approach to International Research
- Hastings Center Report
- The Hastings Center
- Volume 40, Number 4, July-August 2010
- pp. 34-45
- 10.1353/hcr.0.0281
- Article
- Additional Information
The “fair benefits” approach to international research is designed to produce results that all can agree are fair without taking a stand on divisive questions of justice. But its appealing veneer of collaboration masks ambiguities at both a conceptual and an operational level. An attempt to put it into practice would look a lot like an auction, leaving little reason to think the outcomes will satisfy even minimal conditions of fairness.