Introduction, John Harris Beginnings of Life 1. A Defence of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Thompson 2. Killing and Letting Die, Helga Kuhse and Peter Singer 3. Abortion: Identity and Loss, Warren Quinn End of Life 4. Terminating Life-Sustaining Treatment of the Demented, Daniel Callahan 5. Which Way Down the Slippery Slope? Nazi Medical Killing and Euthanaisa Today, Ruth Macklin 6. Advance Directives and the Personal Identity Problem, Allen Buchanan The Value of Life 7. What is Sacred?, Ronald Dworkin 8. Taking and Saving Lives, Eric Rakowski Allocation of Scarce Resources and Quality of Life 9. The Survival Lottery, John Harris Allocation of Scarce Resources and Quality of Life 10. Health-Care Needs and Distributive Justice, Norman Daniels 11. Equality or Priority?, Derek Parfit 12. Quality of Life Measures in Health Care and Medical Ethics, Dan Brock Future Generations 13. Future People, Disability and Screening, Jonathan Glover 14. Wrongful Life: Paradoxes in the Morality of Causing People to Exist, Jeff McMahan Professional Ethics 15. Principalism and its Alleged Competitors, T.L.Beauchamp 16. Not Just Autonomy - the Principles of American Biomedical Ethics, Soren Holm 17. Telling the Truth, Confidentiality, Consent and Respect for Autonomy, Raanan Gillon Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Index of Names

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