Human Rights and Human Nature (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 35
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2014
Editors:	Marion Albers • Thomas Hoffmann • Jörn Reinhardt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	274
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
ISBN-13:	978-9401779876
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour
LSN:	9401779872
Barcode:	9789401779876

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