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cord-005159-6agnsbyd	Turner, Bryan Stanley	Vulnerability, diversity and scarcity: on universal rights	2013-07-12		.txt	text/plain	5734	272	41	We argue that bioethics has a universal range because it relates to three shared human characteristics,—human vulnerability, institutional precariousness and scarcity of resources. The generic concepts of 'ethics of rights' and 'ethics of duties' (Patrão Neves 2009)-found implicitly in most official bioethics documents-can be viewed as two relevant ideas for a sociological study of human rights and global health policy. We argue that bioethics has a universal range because it relates to three shared human characteristics,-human vulnerability, institutional precariousness and scarcity of resources. We defend the idea some conditions such as human vulnerability, precariousness institutions and scarcity of resources, are common to human societies and can serve as a grounding for future research in bioethics. In its report on the Principle of respect for human vulnerability and personal integrity, the International Bioethics Committee notably indicates that the 'most significant worldwide barrier to improving the levels of attainment of health through health care interventions is the scarcity of resources' (UNESCO 2011: 29) .	./cache/cord-005159-6agnsbyd.txt	./txt/cord-005159-6agnsbyd.txt