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.