Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-209) and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 1.1. Contemporary debate -- 1.2. Natural law ethics -- 1.3. Suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia -- 1.4. Subsequent arrangement of the book -- 2. Justifications for suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Invalid religious arguments -- 2.3. Inconsistency in killing -- 2.4. A life worth living -- 2.5. Arguments from self-determination -- 2.6. Rejection of double effect reasoning -- 2.7. Politics, anti-perfectionism and neutrality -- 3. A Revised natural law ethics -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Secular not supernatural -- 3.3. Non-natural not natural -- 3.4. Whose practical rationality? -- 3.5. The first principle of practical rationality -- 3.6. The primary goods of persons -- 3.7. Non-primary or secondary goods -- 3.8. Pluralism and normative theory -- 3.9. Key requirements of practical rationality -- 4. The good of human life -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Action types -- 4.3. Elements of an action -- 4.4. Normative demands -- 4.5. Negative demands and concrete moral absolutes -- 4.6. Killing and double effect reasoning -- 4.7. Disaster escape clauses -- 5. Suicide, assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Species of homicide -- 5.3. Better off dead? -- 5.4. Quality-of-life -- 5.5. Killing and letting die -- 5.6. Intentional killing and personal autonomy -- 5.7. Some interesting cases from the literature -- 6. Non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Already dead -- 6.3. Not all humans beings are persons -- 6.4. Anencephalic infants, PVS patients and non-voluntary euthanasia -- 6.5. Involuntary euthanasia -- 7. State intervention and the common good -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Anti-perfectionism and state authority -- 7.3. Liberal perfectionism -- 7.4. Natural law ethics and the common good -- 7.5. Slippery slopes -- Conclusion.
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