Biotech and Justice : Catching up with the Real World Order

Social policy questions in the U.S. are often framed in terms of individual rights, valorizing individual freedom and self-determination. But this focus obscures the social and economic bases of health and disease. U.S. bioethics, as its counterparts in Africa and Asia have done, needs to restructure its philosophical framework and expand its moral criteria to consider how to define a global ethics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Copyright of Hastings Center Report is the property of Hastings Center and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)