The Right to be Loved

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By S. Matthew Liao ’94

Published Jan. 27, 2016

The Right to be Loved explores what grounds a child’s right to be loved and the right of all humans to the fundamental conditions for pursuing a good life. S. Matthew Liao ’94 is the director of NYU’s Center for Bioethics.

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