Cultural Foundations and Mythological Nature of Human Rights

cultural diversity, human rights and approach of human security

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Genetic enhancement, human nature, and rights.

Authors such as Francis Fukuyama, the President's Council on Bioethics, and George Annas have argued that biotechnological interventions that aim to promote genetic enhancement pose a threat to human nature. This paper clarifies what conclusions these critics seek to establish, and then shows that there is no plausible account of human nature that will meet the conditions necessary to support t...

The foundations of the human cultural niche

Technological innovations have allowed humans to settle in habitats for which they are poorly suited biologically. However, our understanding of how humans produce complex technologies is limited. We used a computer-based experiment, involving humans and learning bots, to investigate how reasoning abilities, social learning mechanisms and population structure affect the production of virtual ar...

Criteria for Prescribing Coercion in case of Gross and Widespread Violation of the Ethical Foundations of Human Rights

Background: Observance of human rights standards and adherence to ethical principles and foundations prevents the vulnerability of governments to foreign decisions and guarantees the independence of countries in a world where interdependence is one of its characteristics. Governments, while having legal legitimacy, must also enjoy moral legitimacy. Otherwise, international organizations and oth...

History and Human Nature: Cross-cultural Universals and Cultural Relativities