When does a life begin? / Michael Lockwood -- The doctor, the pill, and the fifteen-year-old girl : a case study in medical ethics and law / Ian Kennedy -- Little human guinea-pigs? / R. M. Hare -- The ethics of compulsory removal / J. A. Muir Gray -- Autonomy and consent / Raanan Gillon -- Which slopes are slippery? / Bernard Williams -- The artificial family / Mary Warnock -- The Warnock report : a philosophical appraisal / Michael Lockwood -- On telling patients the truth / Roger Higgs