Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183) and index.

Suicide should be an individual choice / Ernest van den Haag -- Suicide should not be a matter of individual choice / Daniel Callahan -- Suicide does not always harm society / Margaret Pabst Battin -- Suicide harms society / Robert L. Barry -- Individuals have a right to die / Andrew Bernstein -- Individuals do not have a right to die / Peter J. Bernardi -- Physicians should grant requests for assistance in suicide / Joram Graf Haber -- Physicians should not grant requests for assistance in suicide / R. Henry Capps Jr. -- Physician-assisted suicide should be legalized / Faye Girsh --Physician-assisted suicide should not be legalized / American Foundation for Suicide Prevention -- Abortion is ethical / John M. Swomley -- Abortion is unethical / Heather King -- Aborting a handicapped fetus is ethical / Ann Bradley -- Aborting a handicapped fetus is unethical / Gregg L. Cunningham -- The right to abortion is central to women's freedom / Marilyn French -- The right to abortion does not improve women's freedom / Carolyn C. Gargaro -- Capital punishment is just / David Leibowitz -- Capital punishment is unjust / John Kavanaugh -- Capital punishment is vengeful / Carol Fennelly -- Capital punishment is not vengeful / Jeff Jacoby -- Innocent people could be executed / Lester S. Garrett -- Innocent people have not been executed / Justice for All.