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Human Rights and Human Nature

This book explores both the possibilities and limits of arguments from human nature in the context of human rights. Can the concept of human nature provide a basis for understanding fundamental rights? Is it plausible to justify the claim to universal validity of human rights by reference to human n...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Albers, Marion (Editor), Hoffmann, Thomas (Editor), Reinhardt, Jörn (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
Subjects:
Law / History
Philosophy Of Law
Psychobiology
Theories Of Law, Philosophy Of Law, Legal History
Human Behavior
Law / Philosophy
Anthropology
Behavioral Neuroscience
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • Introduction; Marion Albers, Thomas Hoffmann, Jörn Reinhardt
  • I The Role of Nature in Human Rights Discourse - Foundations and Limitations
  • 1 The Double Foundation of Human Rights in Human Nature; Corinna Mieth
  • 2 Human Rights and Human Animals; Bernd Ladwig
  • 3 Human Rights, Human Dignity, and the Human Life Form; Thomas Hoffmann
  • 4 Rethinking Human Nature as a Basis for Human Rights; Harun Tepe
  • 5 The Relationship between Human Nature and Human Rights. The Confu-cian Example; Mateusz Stępień
  • 6 The Natural Faculty of Empathy as a Basis for Human Rights; Frederik von Harbou
  • 7 Human Rights and Basic Needs; Peter Schaber
  • 8 Human Rights Beyond Naturalism; Arnd Pollmann
  • 9 Human Rights, Human Nature and the Feasibility Issue; Jörn Reinhardt
  • II Species manipulation and the transformation of human nature Challenges to human rights
  • 10 How to Protect “Human Nature” – by Human Dignity, Human Rights or with “Species-Ethics” Argumentations?; Georg Lohmann
  • 11 Species, Potentiality and their Manipulation; Markus Rothhaar
  • 12 Collection of Human Tissue Samples in Biobanks: Challenges to Human Rights; Bianka S. Dörr
  • 13 The Body, the Law and the Market: Public Policy Implications in a Liberal State; Ingrid Schneider
  • 14 Should Society Guarantee Individuals the Right to Maintain “Normal Functioning”?: A Genetic Minimalist Approach in a Globalized World; Tetsu Sakurai
  • 15 Enhancement, Human Nature and Human Rights; Marion Albers
  • Index

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