pt. 1. Problems of justifiable killing -- 1. The sanctity-of-life principle -- 2. What is moral killing? -- pt. 2. Abortion -- 3. The argument from innocence -- 4. The slippery slope -- 5. Women's liberation and the argument for abortion on request -- pt. 3. Euthanasia -- 6. The word 'mercy' and the problem of kind killing -- 7. Kindness -- 8. Towards formulating a precise definition of the word 'kind' -- 9. Understanding the case for beneficent euthanasia