Philosophical challenge to the idea of human rights, arguing that the existence of universal human rights is a modern myth.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Evolution and Universal Human Rights; Chapter 3 Scholarly Defenses of Universal Human Rights; Chapter 4 Getting the History of Human Rights Wrong; Chapter 5 Getting the History of Human Rights Right; Chapter 6 Explaining the Human Rights Epidemic; Chapter 7 Evolution, Ethics, and Justice;