Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible / Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke.
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)
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- HV8593 .B35 2007
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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.