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 nature? Or
does the idea of human rights in its modern, post-1945
manifestation go, in essence, beyond human nature? The essays in
this volume introduce naturalistic positions and their concomitant
critiques. They address the role that human nature both actually
does and potentially may play in forming a foundation for and
acting as an exemplification of fundamental rights. Beyond that,
they give attention to the challenges caused by Life Sciences.
Human nature itself is subject to transformation and transgression
in an unprecedented manner. The essays reflect on issues such as
reproduction, species manipulation, corporeal autonomy and
enhancement. Contributors are jurists, philosophers and political
scientists from Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Poland and Japan.
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