| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | Wrongful Life and the Counterfactual Element in Harming (1986) | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Abortion (1979) | 37 |
| Ch. 3 | The Child's Right to an Open Future (1980) | 76 |
| Ch. 4 | Sentiment and Sentimentality in Practical Ethics (1982) | 98 |
| Ch. 5 | Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion (1975) | 124 |
| Ch. 6 | Civil Disobedience in the Modern World (1979) | 152 |
| Ch. 7 | The Moral and Legal Responsibility of the Bad Samaritan (1984) | 175 |
| Ch. 8 | In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Bare Existence (1990) | 197 |
| Ch. 9 | In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Social Importance (1990) | 220 |
| Ch. 10 | In Defense of Moral Rights: Their Constitutional Relevance (1990) | 245 |
| Ch. 11 | An Unpromising Approach to the "Right to Die" (1991) | 260 |
| Ch. 12 | Seven Modes of Reasoning That Can Justify Overlooking the Merits of the Individual Case - When the Facts Are Right (1991) | 283 |
| Ch. 13 | Absurd Self-Fulfillment (1980) | 297 |
| Ch. 14 | The Absurd and the Comic: Why Does Some Incongruity Please? (1989) | 331 |
| Index | 347 |
