Brendon Marotta Show
Brendon Marotta is a filmmaker, author, and speaker. He is best known for his feature-length documentary American Circumcision, which appeared on Netflix. He is the author of multiple books, the next of which explores the treatment of children as a social justice issue.
Brendon Marotta Show
Benjamin Gregg on Human Rights, Social Constructs, and Genetic Engineering (#44)
June 04, 2024
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Brendon Marotta
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Episode 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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