Saturday, June 25, 2011

2011 Alice Dreger: Is Anatomy Destiny?

The concept of anatomical commonality ("All men are created equal") being more important than anatomical difference ("Kings have 'royal blood' in their veins"), an idea which the American Founding Fathers are credited with, is a movement towards a naturalistic worldview and laid the ground for universalizing entitlement to human rights despite anatomical differences and anomalies.