Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible /
Bagaric, Mirko.
Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible / Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007. - xiii, 114 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-111) and index.
Introduction : Overview of the torture debate -- Torture : reality and legal position -- The moral status of torture -- The slippery slope illusion -- Live-saving torture is a humane practice -- Torture is effective -- Torture is not antidemocratic -- The real divide : where responsibility starts and ends -- Why the torture debate really matters (and why a "meta analysis" of the torture debate supports our argument) -- Conclusion : The ends justifies the means.
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2006027537
GBA722772 bnb
013699693 Uk
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture--United States.
Political prisoners--Abuse of--United States.
Human rights.
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Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible / Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007. - xiii, 114 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-111) and index.
Introduction : Overview of the torture debate -- Torture : reality and legal position -- The moral status of torture -- The slippery slope illusion -- Live-saving torture is a humane practice -- Torture is effective -- Torture is not antidemocratic -- The real divide : where responsibility starts and ends -- Why the torture debate really matters (and why a "meta analysis" of the torture debate supports our argument) -- Conclusion : The ends justifies the means.
0791471535 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780791471531 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0791471543 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780791471548 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006027537
GBA722772 bnb
013699693 Uk
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture--United States.
Political prisoners--Abuse of--United States.
Human rights.
HV8593 / .B35 2007
364.6/7