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9780826498892

The Ethics of Torture

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826498892

  • ISBN10:

    0826498892

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-07-21
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

The first student-friendly introduction to the philosophical issues surrounding torture. It is a timely and useful contribution to a highly topical and on-going debate.

Table of Contents

1. Coming to (Definitional) Terms with Torture: Four Models

2. The Economic Model of Torture: Ticking Bomb Arguments and Torture Warrants

3. The Phenomenological Model of Torture: Dignity and the Destruction of Agency

4. The Dramaturgical Model: The Immorality Play of Interrogation

5. The Communicative Model of Torture: Understanding Institutionally-Permissive Torture

6. Assessing the Varieties of Torture: Concluding Reflections on a Recurrent Problem

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