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Assisted suicide remains a charged legal controversy -- one that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on this term. But there are ways of

looking at this issue that go beyond the courtroom. Salon offers two: an interview with "Who Dies?" author Stephen Levine, and a look at M. Scott Peck's new book on the subject, "Denial of the Soul."

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ILLUSTRATION BY BOB BECHTOL | DETAIL OF LEVINE PHOTO BY WILLIAM ABRANOWITZ | DETAIL OF PECK PHOTO BY LILY PECK