Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Note on Language and Transliteration Part one. Foundational Principles 1 Why Jainism and Bioethics? 2 Life, Nonlife, and Karma 3 Nonviolence and the Framework of Jain Ethics 4 Jainism’s Evolving View of Medicine Part two. Principles of Application 5 Potentials of (Re)Birth 6 Wages of Life 7 Calculations of Death Epilogue: Multiple Voices and Future Directions in Jain Bioethics Notes References Index