The absolute violation : why torture must be prohibited /
Matthews, Richard (Assistant professor of philosophy)
The absolute violation : why torture must be prohibited / Richard Matthews. - Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232).
Understanding torture -- What about the ticking bomb? -- Why utilitarians must oppose torture -- Torture, tragic choices, and dirty hands -- On neither excusing nor justifying torture.
"State torture has found an increasing number of defenders in law, philosophy, and public policy. Their defences often ignore the empirical literature on torture and thus misunderstand its nature and the damage it does, as well as accepting the illusory benefits it promises." "Richard Matthews challenges the increasing acceptability of state-sponsored torture interrogation, repudiating any possible justifications. He confronts its various supporters - ticking time bomb and tragic choice theorists, utilitarians, legal scholars - and draws from philosophy, medicine, psychiatry, survivor and torturer narratives, history, feminism, the experience of working intelligence officials, anthropology, and game theory to illustrate that no moral justification for torture can be supported."--Jacket
English.
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Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture.
Torture
Torture.
Torture--Aspect moral.
torturing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Torture.
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Folter
Ethik
Martelen.
Electronic books.
HV8593 / .M35 2008
323.4/9
The absolute violation : why torture must be prohibited / Richard Matthews. - Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232).
Understanding torture -- What about the ticking bomb? -- Why utilitarians must oppose torture -- Torture, tragic choices, and dirty hands -- On neither excusing nor justifying torture.
"State torture has found an increasing number of defenders in law, philosophy, and public policy. Their defences often ignore the empirical literature on torture and thus misunderstand its nature and the damage it does, as well as accepting the illusory benefits it promises." "Richard Matthews challenges the increasing acceptability of state-sponsored torture interrogation, repudiating any possible justifications. He confronts its various supporters - ticking time bomb and tragic choice theorists, utilitarians, legal scholars - and draws from philosophy, medicine, psychiatry, survivor and torturer narratives, history, feminism, the experience of working intelligence officials, anthropology, and game theory to illustrate that no moral justification for torture can be supported."--Jacket
English.
9780773574823 (electronic bk.) 0773574824 (electronic bk.) 9780773578289 (electronic bk.) 0773578285 (electronic bk.) 1282864726 9781282864726 9786612864728 6612864729 (cloth) (cloth) (paper) (paper)
22573/ctt6xbmf JSTOR 44F46972-2AF6-441C-BB59-612BE8DBC10B OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBA8A8637 bnb
Uk
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture.
Torture
Torture.
Torture--Aspect moral.
torturing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--General.
Torture.
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Folter
Ethik
Martelen.
Electronic books.
HV8593 / .M35 2008
323.4/9