Table of Contents

1 Prologue.- 2 Metabolism, Mentation, and Behavior.- 3 Body, Mind, and Soul.- 4 On the Origin of Life.- 5 Genetic Engineering: Present and Future.- 6 The Climax of World Population Growth.- 7 Propagation, Modification, and Termination of Life: Contraception, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia.- 8 An Alternative to the Ethic of Euthanasia.- 9 Ethics and Euthanasia.- 10 Ethical and Moral Problems in the Use of Artificial and Transplanted Organs.- 11 Management of the Sick with Kindness, Compassion, Wisdom, and Efficiency.- 12 Life and Death: Lessons from the Dying.- 13 The Here and the Hereafter: Reflections on Tragedy and Comedy in Human Existence.- 14 Too Many and Too Few Limitations for Children.- 15 Careers and Living.- 16 Advantages and Disadvantages of Technological Achievements.- 17 Causes and Effects of Excessive Fears, Anxieties, and Frustrations.- 18 Causes and Management of Current Anxieties and Frustrations in Universities.- 19 The Social and Psychiatric Aspects of Psychotropic Drug Use.- 20 Causes and Management of Criminals: Psychiatric Aspects.- 21 The Criminal Justice System: Crimes, Criminal Processes, and Sentencing.- 22 Some Major Guides for Laws.- 23 Psychosocial and Religious Aspects of Medical Ethics.- 24 Marriage: Whence and Whither?.- 25 Changing Views on Homosexuality, Transvestism, and Transsexualism.- 26 Equality and Inequality: Facts and Values.- 27 Epilogue.