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ch. 4. What human rights policies should the U.S. government follow? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The United States should be a part of the International Criminal Court / Briony MacPhee -- 2. The United States should not be a part of the International Criminal Court / Brett D. Schaefer -- 3. The United States should intervene in Darfur / The New Republic -- 4. The United States should not intervene in Darfur / Justin Raimondo -- 5. The United States should not practice torture even to win the war on terrorism / Jimmy Carter -- 6. The United States should practice torture under some circumstances / Charles Krauthammer -- 7. The United States should ratify the treaty to protect women's rights / Working Group on Ratification of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women -- 8. The United States should not ratify the treaty to protect women's human rights / Janice Shaw Crouse -- Periodical bibliography -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography of books -- Index.

Why consider opposing viewpoints? -- Introduction -- ch. 1. What are human rights? -- Chapter preface -- 1. Human rights must be universal / Fiona Boylan, Integrated Regional Information Networks -- 2. Human rights must be culturally relative / Jieh-Yung Lo -- 3. We should eliminate the debate about universality and cultural relativism / El Obaid Ahmed El Obaid -- 4. Non-Western societies have influenced human rights / Faisal Kutty -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 2. What is the state of human rights? -- 1. Globalization threatens human rights / Asian Pacific Research Network -- 2. Globalization promotes human rights / Daniel T. Griswold -- 3. Islamic law threatens human rights / Azam Kamguian -- 4. Islamic law promotes human rights / Louay M. Safi -- 5. China is abusing human rights / U.S. State Department -- 6. The United States is abusing human rights / Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China -- Periodical bibliography -- ch. 3. What should be done to stop human rights abuses? -- Chapter preface -- 1. The United Nations is necessary to stop human rights abuses / Silvano M. Tomasi -- 2. The United Nations is ineffective and corrupt and does not stop human rights abuses / Joseph Loconte -- 3. International human rights treaties are necessary to help prevent human rights abuses / Anne Bayefsky -- 4. International human rights laws and treaties have little impact on ending human rights abuses / Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric Posner -- Periodical bibliography --