1 Introduction ................................................. i
PART I. BACKGROUNDS
2 Some Background: Self and Reason ............................ 15
3 Some Background: Approaches to Ethics ....................... 39
4 Some Background: Our Good ................................... 65
5 Elusive Lines, Slippery Slopes, and Moral Principles ........ 83
PART II. LIFE, DEATH, AND BIOETHICS
6 Being Alive ................................................ 121
7 Being Healthy .............................................. 139
8 Health and Virtue .......................................... 166
9 Death and Life ............................................. 188
10 Drawing Lines with Death ................................... 213
11 Double Effect: Euthanasia and Proportionality .............. 223
12 Concerning Abortion ........................................ 238
13 The Gene, Part I: The Mystique ............................. 263
14 The Gene, Part II: Manipulation ............................ 279
15 Ethics and Biomedical Research ............................. 319
16 Bioethics Seen in an Eastern Light ......................... 335
17 Toward a Wider View ........................................ 351
Bibliography .................................................. 367
Index ......................................................... 373
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