Format:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780748643301
Series Statement:
Contemporary Ethical Debates
Content:
Understanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.
Content:
Cover -- Copyright -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 The Persistence of Torture: An Affliction That Won't Go Away -- Chapter 2 The History of Torture: A Sketch -- Chapter 3 The Wrongness of Torture: Identifying Torture's Unique Despicability -- Chapter 4 How Torture Unmakes Worlds -- Chapter 5 Thinking through Torture's Temptations -- Chapter 6 Thinking through Torture's Temptations -- Chapter 7 The Psychology of Torture -- Chapter 8 The Politics of Torture: Orwellian Themes in the Bush League -- Chapter 9 Hope Amid Pessimism: Concluding Reflections on Ending Torture -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected Useful Websites -- Index.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748635382
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780748635382
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748643301
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748643301
