& Rights: Contemporary 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, Ethical Framework for GLOBAL MORALITY & CULTURE Tom L. Beauchamp, Compatibility of Universal Morality and Multiculturalism GLOBAL MORAL LANGUAGE Soren Holm, Lost in Translation: Can We have a Without a Moral Language? GLOBAL BIOETHICS Scott Stonington and Pinit Ratanakul, Is There a 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: Rights John-Stewart Gordon OVERVIEW John-Stewart Gordon, Human Dignity, Rights, and HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES Robert Baker, Bioethics and Rights: A Historical 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 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, Rights and Reproductive/Sexual In Africa: Exploratory Socio-Cultural Considerations DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 2 Wanda Teays PART 3: CULTURE Introduction to Part 3: 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: 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, 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, of Aboriginal Research DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 3 Wanda Teays PART 4: PUBLIC HEALTH Introduction to Part 4: Public Wanda Teays OVERVIEW Udo Schuklenk and Darragh Hare, Issues in Ethics GLOBAL HEALTH JUSTICE Lawrence O. Gostin and Ames Dhai, Global Justice: A Perspective From the South on a Framework Convention on Health PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY Peter Tan, Virtuous Reading of 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 and Rights: Lessons from Bhopal and Fukushima DISCUSSION TOPICS Part 4 Wanda Teays RESOURCES Further Reading on Wanda Teays, Alison Dundes Renteln, and John-Stewart Gordon Electronic Resources on Willow Bunu and Wanda Teays on the Screen Wanda Teays Appendix: Rights & Disability Akiko Ito Contributors INDEX