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Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible / Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.Description: xiii, 114 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0791471535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780791471531 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0791471543 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780791471548 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.6/7 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8593 .B35 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HV8593 .B35 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001018687

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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