To Kill Another: Homicide and Natural Law
In: Library of Conservative Thought v.1
Public acts of homicide-like capital punishment-are now viewed by many as barbaric, even for heinous crimes, while a private act of homicide-like the (increasingly routine) starvation of comatose patients-is viewed by many as a caring gesture both to patient and family. To Kill Another explores how this privatization of homicide is ongoing in Western law, despite the fact that it runs counter to the rule of law