Killing and letting die / edited by Bonnie Steinbock and Alastair Norcross.

New York : Fordham University Press, 1994.

ix, 431 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

2nd ed.

In the matter of Karen Quinlan / Supreme Court of New Jersey -- Majority opinion in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (selections) / Supreme Court of the United States -- Prolonging life : some legal considerations / George P. Fletcher -- An irrelevant consideration : killing versus letting die / Michael Tooley -- Active and passive euthanasia / James Rachels -- The intentional termination of life / Bonnie Steinbock -- Active and passive euthanasia : an impertinent distinction? / Thomas D. Sullivan -- More impertinent distinctions and a defense of active euthanasia / James Rachels -- Coming to terms : a response to Rachels / Thomas D. Sullivan -- Whatever the consequences / Jonathan Bennett -- On killing and letting die / Daniel Dinello -- Is killing the innocent absolutely immoral? / Jeffrie G. Murphy -- The moral equivalence of action and omission / Judith Lichtenberg -- Negation and abstention : two theories of allowing / Jonathan Bennett -- The survival lottery / John Harris -- The problem of abortion and the doctrine of the double effect / Philippa Foot -- Killing and letting die / Philippa Foot -- Saving life and taking life / Richard Trammell -- The priority of avoiding harm / N. Ann Davis -- Actions, intentions, and consequences : the doctrine of doing and allowing / Warren S. Quinn -- Killing, letting die, and withdrawing aid / Jeff McMahan.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-428).