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Biopolitics and International Values Investigating Liberal Norms

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Dedication

Preface

Chapter 1. The Scientific Understanding of "Modern" Values

ORDER

THE ADVENT OF GLOBAL NORMS

THE AIM OF THIS STUDY

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Chapter 2. Fraternity: Are We Naturally Selfish or Not?

THE SEMANTICS OF FRATERNITY

FRATERNITY AND MODERN SOCIETY

INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM

HUMAN NATURE: SELFISH OR SOCIAL?

THE GENETICS OF ALTRUISM

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CULTURE

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Chapter 3. The Relative Irrelevance of Inequality: Intelligence, Race and Sex

EQUALITY AND INDIVIDUALITY

WHO ESPOUSES EQUALITY?

POLITICAL EQUALITY

LEGAL EQUALITY

EQUALITY AND FRATERNITY

THE SOCIAL RELEVANCE OF HUMAN INEQUALITIES

INEQUALITY OF TREATMENT

EQUALITY AND LIBERTY

INEQUALITY: THE VISUAL PREFERENCE FOR VERTICALITY

INTELLIGENCE

RACE

SEX

EQUALITY OF HUMAN WORTH

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Chapter 4. Freedom from Hunger and Freedom to Choose

LIBERTY DEFINED

NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE FREEDOM

NEGATIVE FREEDOM AND MALNUTRITION

POSITIVE FREEDOM AND THE BIOLOGY OF CHOICE

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Chapter 5. States of Happiness and States of Mind

HAPPINESS DEFINED

HAPPINESS AND HOW IT IS CAUSED

HAPPINESS AS THE ULTIMATE VALUE

BIOCHEMISTRY AND EMOTION

THE PHARMACOLOGY OF FAITH

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY COGNITION

COGNITION AND POLITICS

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Chapter 6. Science, Society (and Can They Survive)

BIOPOLITICS

INTENTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES

FACT vs. VALUE AGAIN

THE SOCIAL DETERMINATION OF SCIENCE

GENETIC ENGINEERING

INDIVIDUALISM vs. COLLECTIVISM AGAIN

AN ETHICS OF CHANGE

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Conclusion

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