Brendon Marotta Show
Benjamin Gregg on Human Rights, Social Constructs, and Genetic Engineering (#44)
Are human rights a social construct? Professor Benjamin Gregg, author of Human Rights as Social Construction and Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering, argues they are, but thinking of human rights as a social construct strengthens them. In this in-person discussion, we explore how political communities can self-author human rights, whether or not human rights require cultural imperialism to impose, and the human rights questions raised by genetic engineering.
Resources:
- Human Rights as Social Construction by Benjamin Gregg
- Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering by Benjamin Gregg
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Are human rights a social construct? Professor Benjamin Gregg, author of Human Rights as Social Construction and Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering, argues they are, but thinking of human rights as a social construct strengthens them. In this in-person discussion, we explore how political communities can self-author human rights, whether or not human rights require cultural imperialism to impose, and the human rights questions raised by genetic engineering.
Resources:
- Human Rights as Social Construction by Benjamin Gregg
- Creating Human Nature: The Political Challenges of Genetic Engineering by Benjamin Gregg
Amazon affiliate links used.
Subscribe and support the show directly:
https://brendonmarotta.com/show/