Bioethics in a Liberal Society is a timely and compelling book, elegantly and clearly argued by one of Australia's most respected experts in the field. The task it undertakes is of major importance: to articulate and defend the liberal ideal in the context of the realities of current medical ethical and bioethical discussion and practice.. The related task is to examine whether any kind of consensus about bioethical and medical ethical questions is possible in a liberal, ethically pluralistic, multicultural society of autonomous individuals.