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 Stępień -- 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.