For torture : a rights-based defense / Stephen Kershnar.
Publication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.Description: xiii, 145 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780739167779 (cloth : alk. paper)
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- HV8593 .K474 2012
Contents:
A minimalist account of torture -- Defense and torture -- Punishment and torture -- Side-constraints and torture -- Appendix to chapter 4 -- Virtue and torture -- The trading-down argument -- Trading down and hazing.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-142) and index.
A minimalist account of torture -- Defense and torture -- Punishment and torture -- Side-constraints and torture -- Appendix to chapter 4 -- Virtue and torture -- The trading-down argument -- Trading down and hazing.