Chapter 1

1. Blair Gibb and John A. Gentry are critical of the American definition of human rights, contending that the U.S. emphasis on individual rights and Americans’ wrongful sense of entitlement are harmful to national cohesion and lead to economic stratification. Do you believe that these claims are fair, or do you think that America’s understanding of human rights has been wrongfully denigrated? Explain your answer.
2. Do you agree with William Ratliff’s assessment of bias by human rights organizations such as Amnesty International? What steps, if any, do you think these organizations must take in order to be credible to people of all political views"
3. After reading the viewpoints by the World Health Organization and Richard D. Lamm, do you think that health care should be a universal human right, or are the economic costs too high? Can the...