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This chapter looks at the relationships among ethical, legal, and economic assessments of what is valued and what is considered right and wrong. It considers various understandings of “global” and “globalization” to underscore a humanitarian imperative and what human rights might mean in global health and mental health. Ethics is the study of right and wrong, good and bad, or good versus evil – not necessarily binary alternatives. Ethics can be understood as a reflection by a person or group or organization wanting to do the right thing. Also, ethics may be used as a standard by which behavior may be judged, one’s own behavior or the behavior of others. Ethical issues are often translated into economic issues or legal issues. Social and political policy, established norms, may be understood at global, community, organizational, or individual levels. Conflict may occur at any level or between levels. It is the task of ethics to try to understand and resolve such tensions, conflicts, or dilemmas.
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Dyer, A.R. (2021). Global Mental Health Through the Lens of Ethics. In: Dyer, A.R., Kohrt, B.A., Candilis, P.J. (eds) Global Mental Health Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66296-7_1
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