Bioethics in a Liberal Society Book

1	Introduction	1
2	Autonomy and the Liberal Ideal	10
	The idea of autonomy	10
	The liberal society	15
	Critics of the liberal ideal	20
3	Ending Life	30
	The ethics of suicide	30
	A moral right to die?	36
	Decriminalising suicide	39
	Multicultural attitudes to death and dying	41
	Choosing for those who cannot choose for themselves	45
	The quality of life	48
	The liberal society and the right to die	52
	Death and the hospital	55
4	Beginning Life	63
	New ways of birth and family formation	63
	Bearing a child for another	69
	Questions about surrogacy	73
	Consequences of surrogacy	81
	Feminist views on reproductive technology	88
	'Third wave' feminist views	96
	Social and legal implications	102
5	Distributing Health-Care Resources	107
	The problem of scarce resources	107
	Utilitarian approaches	111
	A health system in a liberal society	117
	Patient and physician	120
	Health-care resource allocations: four examples	123
	Reaching community consensus	142
	Two forms of community consultation	145
	The limits to planning	153
6	Consensus in a Liberal Society	160
	The liberal ideal and bioethical realities	160
	Ethical agreement in a multicultural society	162
	Conclusion	167
	Index	169