Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Chapter I Introduction 1
5. Part One. The Structure and Ordering of Ends
6. Chapter II Means and Ends 7
7. Chapter III Rational Ends and Their Principles 26
8. Chapter IV The Principle of Morality 40
9. Chapter V Love, Friendship, and Trust 75
10. Chapter VI The System of Ends: The Concept of the Life Plan 87
11. Part Two Rational Ends and Social Structures
12. Chapter VII The Concept of Society 105
13. Chapter VIII Law as a Means and as an End 116
14. Chapter IX Privacy: A Rational Context 137
15. Part Three. Life and Death
16. Chapter Χ Life Plans and Mortality 155
17. Chapter XI Imposing Risks on Others 183
18. Chapter XII The Value of Life 207
19. Notes 239
20. Index 261