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This essay examines William Temple's defense of the British bombing of German cities during the Second World War. After detailing Temple's position in defense of the bombing, the essay raises a number of questions from within the just war tradition. First, does the just war tradition have to be understood deontologically, or is it possible to interpret it in a utilitarian fashion? If the former, then considerations of the means of warfare are still important. Second, how should we characterize the relationship of the citizen and the state during modern warfare? Is it as close as Temple claimed, so that we can no longer distinguish between citizens and states? Third, has the practice of deception of citizens by their leaders on questions of the means of warfare led to a situation in which it is no longer prudent to trust political leaders when they report to their peoples on these matters? The paper ends with a suggestion for further discussion on the third question.

By Daniel Callahan. University of California Press, 329 pp., $29.95. DANIEL CALLAHAN, best known for almost single-handedly starting the bioethics movement in this country, here tackles our fascination with research. [...]

By Daniel Callahan. Rutgers University Press, 329 pp., $17.00 paperback. MEDICINE, Daniel Callahan argues, ahs become the sustainer of false hope in the face of death and dissolution. Callahan calls [...]

After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness. By Nancy Berlinger. Johns Hopkins University Press, 176 pp., $35.00. IN A RECENT article in the New Yorker, physician Atul Gawande [...]

One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance. By Jill Quadagno. Oxford University Press, 288 pp., $28.00. Your Money or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Healthcare [...]

ON JUNE 29 Reitha Lakeberg gave birth by Caesarean section to conjoined female twins. On August 29 the twins were surgically separated. The Lakeberg case, as it has come to [...]

THE TERRI SCHIAVO case stirred much moral controversy over what constitutes ordinary care for the dying and what respect we should show for the wishes of the dying. These are [...]

The Changing Face of Health Care: A Christian Appraisal of Managed Care, Resource Allocation, and Patient-Caregiver Relationships. Edited by John F. Kilner, Robert D. Orr and Judith Allen Shelly. Eerdmans, [...]