Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Sources and Acknowledgments xv
5. 1. The Idea of a Free Man 1
6. 2. The Interest in Liberty on the Scales 30
7. 3. Harm and Self-interest 45
8. 4. "Harmless Immoralities" and Offensive Nuisances 69
9. 5. Legal Paternalism 110
10. 6. Duties, Rights, and Claims 130
11. 7. The Nature and Value of Rights 143
12. 8. The Rights of Animals and Unborn Generations 159
13. 9. Human Duties and Animal Rights 185
14. 10. Is There a Right to Be Born? 207
15. 11. Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life 221
16. 12. Duty and Obligation in the Non-Ideal World 252
17. 13. Noncomparative Justice 265
18. 14. Wollaston and His Critics 307
19. Index 315