We had a lovely dinner last night. I was able to meet, for the first time, many of my co-
speakers. People that are more eminent, far more knowledgeable than I in this area. I …

ПРНЕ PRIME FUNCTION of the law is to protect human values; hence, the law is concerned
frequently with human death. The prime function of medicine is to promote human health; …

I. PROFESSOR DwORKIN'S COMMENTS I had thought when thinking about this occasion
that I would not begin as people often do discussing this matter with horror stories. I have …

This book brings together a wide cross-section of the author's work in the field of medical law
and ethics. Many of the articles have appeared previously in journals, but all are updated …

When medical science became capable of prolonging the dying process beyond the point
that most patients would wish, medical management of the dying process became a …

Attorney General Ashcroft wants to stop doctors who kill. He has good reason: doctors have
a special responsibility to show by word and deed, in season and out, that intentionally …

Issues surrounding the end of life, and in particular questions of patient choice, have seldom
been so high on the legal, ethical and political agenda. This book examines these issues …

PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ALWAYS been vitally interested in discussions on death and many
of them have consumed most of their speculative attention and concern with death and its …

" Falsehood is in itself bad and reprehensible," states Aristotle in The Nicomachean Ethics,"
while the truth is a fine and praiseworthy thing." 55 He does not say why There seem to be …

It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the
time of Henry IV. It is still more revolting if the grounds upon which it was laid down have …