Human Rights and Human Nature

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 St pie . - 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.