UID:
almafu_9959245671202883
Format:
1 online resource (289 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-89986-4
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9786612899867
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0-7486-4330-3
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.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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Selected Useful WebsitesIndex
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-3537-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7486-3538-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780748643301
