Global Bioethics & Human Rights: Contemporary Issues
Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Renteln, eds.
Introduction to the Text
PART 1: Theoretical Perspectives
Introduction to Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives
John-Stewart Gordon
GLOBAL FRAMEWORK
Bernard Gert, “A Global Ethical Framework for Bioethics”
GLOBAL MORALITY & CULTURE
Tom L. Beauchamp, “The Compatibility of
Universal Morality and Multiculturalism”
GLOBAL MORAL LANGUAGE
Søren Holm, ”Lost in Translation: Can We have a Global
Bioethics Without a Global Moral Language?”
GLOBAL BIOETHICS
Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul,
“Is There a Global Bioethics?’
End of Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference”
DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 1
Wanda Teays
PART 2: HUMAN RIGHTS
Introduction to Part 2: Human Rights
John-Stewart Gordon
OVERVIEW
John-Stewart Gordon, “Human Dignity, Human Rights,
and Global Bioethics”
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Robert Baker, “Bioethics and Human Rights:
A Historical Perspective”
HUMAN RIGHTS & DISABILITY RIGHTS
Akiko Ito, “Bioethics and the UN Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”
CASE 1: TORTURE
Wanda Teays, “Torturous Deeds: Crossing Moral Boundaries”
CASE 2: IMMIGRATION DETENTION (ICE)
Rita Manning, “Immigration Detention and the Right
to Health Care”
CASE 3: LETHAL INJECTION & HARVESTING ORGANS
Cher Weixia Chen, “Global vs. Local:
The Use of Lethal Injection in China”
CASE 4: REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
Godfrey B. Tangwa, “Ethics, Human Rights and
Reproductive/Sexual Health In Africa:
Exploratory Socio-Cultural Considerations”
DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 2
Wanda Teays
PART 3: CULTURE
Introduction to Part 3: Culture
Alison Dundes Renteln
CULTURE & TRUTH-TELLING
llhan Ilkilic, “Culture and Ethical Aspects of Truth-Telling
In a Value Pluralistic Society”
CULTURE & PARENTING
Maya Sabatello, “Controlled Parenthood:
Bioethics and the Notion of the Family”?
CULTURE & SURGERY
Alison Dundes Renteln, “Cutting Edge Debates:
A Cross-Cultural Consideration of Surgery”
CASE 1: SEX SELECTION
Vibhuti Patel, “Sex Determination and Sex Pre-selection
Tests in India”
CASE 2: EUTHANASIA
Cecilia Wee, “Confucianism and Killing vs. Letting Die”
CASE 3: HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION
Peter Omonzejele, “Understanding The Concept of
Vulnerability From A Western Africa Perspective
CASE 4: RESEARCH ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Marlene Brant Castellano, “Ethics of Aboriginal Research”
DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 3
Wanda Teays
PART 4: PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduction to Part 4: Public Health
Wanda Teays
OVERVIEW
Udo Schüklenk and Darragh Hare, ”Issues in Global
Health Ethics”
GLOBAL HEALTH JUSTICE
Lawrence O. Gostin and Ames Dhai, “Global Health Justice:
A Perspective From the Global South on a Framework
Convention on Global Health”
PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY
Peter Tan, “A Virtuous Reading of Health Equity
Under the Affordable Care Act”
CASE 1: GLOBAL AGING
Rosemarie Tong, “Global Perspectives on
Long-term Care for the Elderly”
CASE 2: PUBLIC SAFETY & MEDICAL RISKS
Michael Boylan, “Safety and Public Health:
Evaluating Acceptable Risk”
CASE 3: ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
Sanghamitra Padhy, “Towards Green Bioethics
and Health Rights: Lessons from Bhopal and Fukushima”
DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 4
Wanda Teays
RESOURCES
Further Reading on Global Bioethics
Wanda Teays, Alison Dundes Renteln, and John-Stewart Gordon
Electronic Resources on Global Bioethics
Willow Bunu and Wanda Teays
Global Bioethics on the Screen
Wanda Teays
Appendix: Human Rights & Disability
Akiko Ito
Contributors
INDEX