Liberal Eugenics &Human Nature: Against Habermas Author(s): Elizabeth Fenton

Source: The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 2006), pp. 35-42

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Issue Table of Contents The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 36, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 2006), pp. 1-48 Volume Information [pp. 44-47]

Front Matter [pp. 1-1]

Field Notes

From the Editor: Wonderful Children [p. 2]

Another Voice: Children and Parents and Medical Decisions [p. 3]

Letters Talking to Each Other about Universal Health Care: "Do Values belong in the Discussion?" [pp. 4-7]





In Brief Shades of Gray: New Insights into the Vegetative State [p. 8]





At Law: Investigational Drugs and the Constitution [pp. 9-10]

Policy & Politics: Two Cheers for Conscience Exceptions [pp. 11-12]

Case Study: Moral Priorities in a Teaching Hospital [pp. 13-14]

Essays Controversial Medical Treatment and the Right to Health Care [pp. 15-20]

The Sociobiology of Humanism [pp. 20-22]

Where Nowhere Can Lead You [pp. 22-24]





Children's Competence to Consent to Medical Treatment [pp. 25-34]

Liberal Eugenics & Human Nature: Against Habermas [pp. 35-42]

Perspective: Privatizing the Department of Defense: A Proposal

Back Matter [pp. 43-48]