Understanding Torture.
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| Author / Creator: | Wisnewski, Jeremy |
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| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary Ethical Debates Contemporary Ethical Debates. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10364342 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Persistence of Torture: An Affliction That Won't Go Away; Chapter 2 The History of Torture: A Sketch; Chapter 3 The Wrongness of Torture: Identifying Torture's Unique Despicability; Chapter 4 How Torture Unmakes Worlds; Chapter 5 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 6 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 7 The Psychology of Torture; Chapter 8 The Politics of Torture: Orwellian Themes in the Bush League; Chapter 9 Hope Amid Pessimism: Concluding Reflections on Ending Torture; Selected Bibliography
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