Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-306) and index.

Part 1. How can theological ethicists respond to the world's needs?

The needs of the world and the signs of the times : the challenge of human rights / Antonio Papisca

Challenges of economic activity in a global / Adela Cortina

Universal declaration on bioethics and human rights

Part 2. Moral theology on the five continents

The main "buildings sites" of ethics in West Africa

Locating the church among the wretched of the earth / Laurenti Magesa

Authenticity and credibility : moral challenges after the African synod

Moral challenges and the church in Asia today, with a specific consideration of Korea / Thomas Hong-Soon Han

Globalization and Catholic theological ethics : a Southeast Asian perspective / Agnes M. Brazal

Doing Christian ethics in India's world of cultural complexity and social inequality / Clement Campos

Theological ethics in Europe (especially Southern Europe) : past, present, and future / Marciano Vidal

Political-ethical challenges in Europe : a Christian socio-ethical perspective / Marianne Vidal

On stem cells and homophobia / Piotr Mazurkiewicz

Dreaming of a new moral theology for Brazil / Ronaldo Zacharias

Hope in the midst of enormous challenges in Mexico / Sebastian Mier

Moral reflection in Latin America : challenges and proposals within the Chilean reality / Tony Mifsud

Catholic ethics in a world church : a U.S. view / David Hollenbach

Due process and the rule of law : a moral/theological challenge / Jean Porter

The challenge of world poverty : continuity and change in theological ethics from a Canadian perspective / Kenneth R. Melchin

Part 3. The central themes

Suffering and theological ethics : intimidation and hope / Robert Gascoigne

Hermeneutics and the sources of theological ethics / Maureen Junker-Kenny

What will you have me do for you? / Dionisio M. Miranda

The theological ethics agenda from an Asian perspective / Dionisio M. Miranda

Has the concept of sensu fidelium fallen into desuetude? / Paul Valadier

Sensus fidelium and moral discernment : the principle of inculturation and of love / Nathanael Yaovi Soede

The sensus fidelium and moral discernment / Giuseppe Angelini

The challenge of pluralism / Eberhard Schockenhoff

Moral theology : from evolutionary to revolutionary change / Lisa Sowle Cahill

Community and pluralism : challenges to moral theology / Marcio Fabri dos Anjos

Globalization and justice : new horizons for moral theology / Enrico Chiavacci

Globalization needs to count human persons / Vimal Tirimanna

A call for prophetic action / John Mary Waliggo