附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.
Pt. 1. Death : from bad to worse. Why Is Death Bad? -- The Asymmetry Problem: Death and Prenatal Nonexistence -- Accounting for Asymmetry? -- Appropriate Attitudes toward Nonexistence
Pt. 2. Saving lives : general issues. Is It Worse If More Die: Agent Relative or Non-Relative Views? -- Is It Right to Save the Greater Number? -- Ideal Procedure, Nonideal Alternatives, and Proportional Chances -- Are There Irrelevant Utilities? -- Sobjectivity: The Anatomy of the Subjective and Objective in Moral Judgment -- Sobjectivity: Aggregation and Scales of Equivalents and Cost
Pt. 3. Scarce resources : theoretical issues, specific recommendations, and organ transplants. Acquisition of Organs -- Distribution of Resources: Need and Outcome -- Distribution of Resources: Urgency and Outcome -- Distribution of Resources: Outcome, Waiting Time, and Money -- Procedures for Distribution.
