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Global Bioethics and Human Rights 14_042_Teays.indb 1 3/26/14 5:28 AM 14_042_Teays.indb 2 3/26/14 5:28 AM Global Bioethics and Human Rights Contemporary Issues Edited by Wanda Teays, John-Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK 14_042_Teays.indb 3 3/26/14 5:28 AM Published by Rowman & Littlefield 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth PL6 7PP, United Kingdom Copyright © 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global bioethics and human rights : contemporary issues / edited by Wanda Teays, John- Stewart Gordon, and Alison Dundes Renteln. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4422-3213-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3214-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-3215-0 (electronic) 1. Bioethics. 2. Human rights. I. Teays, Wanda, editor of compilation. QH332.G5626 2014 174.2—dc23 2013049315 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America 14_042_Teays.indb 4 3/26/14 5:28 AM We Dedicate This Book To Ibrahim—Wanda To my family—John To Paul, David, and Michael—Alison 14_042_Teays.indb 5 3/26/14 5:28 AM 14_042_Teays.indb 6 3/26/14 5:28 AM Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction to the Text 1 Part I: Theoretical Perspectives Introduction to Part I: Theoretical Perspectives 11 John-Stewart Gordon 1 A Global Ethical Framework for Bioethics 13 Bernard Gert 2 The Compatibility of Universal Morality, Particular Moralities, and Multiculturalism 28 Tom L. Beauchamp 3 Lost in Translation: Can We Have a Global Bioethics without a Global Moral Language? 41 Søren Holm 4 Is There a Global Bioethics? End of Life in Thailand and the Case for Local Difference 52 Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul Discussion Topics: Part I 59 Wanda Teays vii 14_042_Teays.indb 7 3/26/14 5:28 AM viii Contents Part II: Human Rights Introduction to Part II: Human Rights 65 John-Stewart Gordon 1 Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Global Bioethics 68 John-Stewart Gordon 2 Bioethics and Human Rights: A Historical Perspective 92 Robert Baker 3 Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Global Perspective 101 Akiko Ito Case 1: Human Rights 4 Torturous Deeds: Crossing Moral Boundaries 109 Wanda Teays Case 2: Immigration Detention (ICE) 5 Immigration Detention and the Right to Health Care 131 Rita Manning Case 3: Lethal Injection and Harvesting Organs 6 Global versus Local: The Use of Lethal Injection in China 148 Cher Weixia Chen Case 4: Reproductive Freedom 7 Ethics, Human Rights, and Sexual/Reproductive Health in Africa: Exploratory Sociocultural Considerations 160 Godfrey B. Tangwa Discussion Topics: Part II 173 Wanda Teays Part III: Culture Introduction to Part III: Culture 181 Alison Dundes Renteln 1 Culture and Ethical Aspects of Truth-Telling in a Value Pluralistic Society 185 llhan Ilkiliç 2 Controlled Parenthood: Bioethics and the Notion of the Family 201 Maya Sabatello 3 Cutting-Edge Debates: A Cross-Cultural Consideration of Surgery 220 Alison Dundes Renteln 14_042_05_TOC.indd 8 3/26/14 10:10 AM Contents ix Case 1: Sex Selection 4 Sex Determination and Sex Pre-Selection Tests in India 242 Vibhuti Patel Case 2: Euthanasia 5 Confucianism and Killing versus Letting Die 248 Cecilia Wee Case 3: Informed Consent 6 Understanding the Concept of Vulnerability from a Western Africa Perspective 261 Peter F. Omonzejele Case 4: Research on Aboriginal People 7 Ethics of Aboriginal Research 273 Marlene Brant Castellano Discussion Topics: Part III 289 Wanda Teays Part IV: Public Health Introduction to Part IV: Public Health 297 Wanda Teays 1 Issues in Global Health Ethics 300 Udo Schüklenk and Darragh Hare 2 Global Health Justice: A Perspective from the Global South on a Framework Convention on Global Health 319 Lawrence O. Gostin and Ames Dhai 3 A Virtuous Reading of Health Equity under the Affordable Care Act 329 Peter Tan Case 1: Global Aging 4 Global Perspectives on Long-Term Care for the Elderly 340 Rosemarie Tong Case 2: Public Safety and Medical Risks 5 Safety and Public Health: Evaluating Acceptable Risk 356 Michael Boylan Case 3: Environment Disasters 6 Toward Green Bioethics and Health Rights: Lessons from Bhopal and Fukushima 370 Sanghamitra Padhy 14_042_05_TOC.indd 9 3/26/14 10:10 AM
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