Human Rights and Human Nature

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Albers, Marion (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hoffmann, Thomas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reinhardt, Jörn (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 35
• Θέματα: Law.; Political science.; Behavioral sciences.; Law > Philosophy.; Anthropology.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy of Law.; Behavioral Sciences.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.