Table of Contents

1.: Introduction
2.: The Meaning of Suffering
3.: The Measurement of Suffering
4.: The Moral Significance of Suffering
5.: The Duty to Relieve Suffering
6.: The Moral Asymmetry of Happiness and Suffering
7.: Trade-offs Internal to the Duty to Relieve Suffering
8.: The Limits of the Duty to Relieve Suffering
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

The style and structure of the book is commendably straightforward ... many valuable and interesting points may be found in the argument. Religious Studies ... provocative and insightful ... This book would work well in a graduate ethics course. Choice