Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-324) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : liberalism and moral vision -- Physician-assisted suicide and Dworkin's equality of resources -- Interlude : inequality and hardship in America -- An idea whose time has come? the historical and legal context of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act -- The social sources of physician-assisted suicide -- The moral logics of physician-assisted suicide -- Missing persons -- Cultural bias -- Physician-assisted suicide as an expensive taste : an egalitarian critique -- Conclusion : toward an egalitarian liberalism.
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