Question 1: What other explanations does Ackerman suggest may account for the views Hardwig describes as "moral wisdom?" To what other examples does he compare this?
Question 2: What is the "individualistic fantasy" Hardwig describes? Does Ackerman agree that it is widely shared?
Question 3: What phrase (of Hardwig's) and comparisons (to Ackerman's own examples) do Ackerman suggest show that Hardwig's conception of an unacceptable burden is "astonishingly weak? Do you agree that Ackerman's criticism of Hardwig is fair in this respect?
Question 4: What strength does Ackerman attribute to Hardwig's approach, and to what aspect of the hospice approach does he compare it?
Question 5: Why is it important to Ackerman that Hardwig's does not distinguish between euthanasia/suicide and foregoing life sustaining care?
Question 6: Why is it important to Ackerman that Hardwig's does not distinguish between the duty to die as it bears on children and spouses?
Question 7: What similarities and differences does Ackerman describe when comparing prenuptial agreements to Hardwig's "honest talk about difficult matters?"
Question 8: Describe Ackerman's "paradox of the selfless invalid." What aspect makes it paradoxical?
Question 9: What does it mean to say "These guidelines are not formally incompatible with Hardwig's?" Explain this in terms of a comparison between two of them (e.g., compare their #1's to each other, or their #4's to each other, etc.).