Death, Legal and Illegal

Authors

Daniel C. Maguire, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2-1974

Publisher

Atlantic Monthly Group

Source Publication

The Atlantic Monthly

Source ISSN

1072-7825

Abstract

Four ways of ending life remain or have become legal in the eyes of at least some of the United States, notes the author: abortion, capital punishment, war, and suicide; "mercy killing" remains illegal. But shifts are occurring, writes Catholic theologian Maguire, that "reflect a recognition that we have overestimated our right to kill in a military setting, and underestimated it in some medical and private settings."

Comments

The Atlantic Monthly, February 1974. Permalink.

Recommended Citation

Maguire, Daniel C., "Death, Legal and Illegal" (1974). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 586.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/586