InhaltsangabeContents.- 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 Stepien.- 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.