Table of Contents

Introduction
Death - Thomas Nagel
Of Suicide - David Hume
Active and Passive Euthanasia - James Rachels
A Defense of Abortion - Judith Jarvis Thomson
Abortion and Infanticide - Michael Tooley
The Survival Lottery - John Harris
Speech in Favour of Capital Punishment (1868) - John Stuart Mill
Judgement Day - Louis Pascal
'It Makes No Difference Whether or Not I Do It' - Jonathan Glover
Overpopulation and the Quality of Life - Derek Parfit
What is Wrong With Slavery? - R.M. Hare
Seperate Spheres - Janet Radcliffe Richards
All Animals are Equal - Peter Singer
Games Theory and the Nuclear Arms Race - Nicholas Measor
Notes of Contributors
Bibliography
Index of Names

Reviews

An impressive line-up. The book is everything it purports to be. For someone who wants a short collection of many of the seminal and influential essays in applied philosophy, one probably can't do better than this.--Teaching Philosophy
Excellent, provocative. --M.B. Montgomery, Drexel University
The students in my introductory course respond enthusiastically to this book.--M.A. Box, Dickinson State University
Excellent collection of some of the world's greatest contributors-past and present-to civilization! I am thoroughly impressed.--Susan B. Dickey, Temple University
One of the best collections of readings both in terms of scope and aptness. Could be used as a foundation text in any course in applied ethics.--Manuel M. Davenport, Texas A&M University