The ethics of torture /

The ethics of torture /

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Author / Creator:Wisnewski, Jeremy.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (x, 164 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285461
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Other authors / contributors:Emerick, R. D.
ISBN:9781441197986
1441197982
0826498892
9780826498892
0826498906
9780826498908
1282877070
9781282877078
9786612877070
6612877073
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-157) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This text offers an introduction to the philosophical debates surrounding torture. The book asks key questions in light of recent events such as the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib.
Other form:Print version: Wisnewski, Jeremy. Ethics of torture. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 0826498892
Table of Contents:
  • Coming to (definitional) terms with torture: four models
  • The economic model of torture: ticking-bomb arguments and torture warrants
  • The phenomenological model of torture: dignity and the destruction of agency
  • The dramaturgical model of torture: interrogation's immorality play
  • The communicative model of torture: understanding institutionally permissive torture
  • Assessing the varieties of torture: concluding reflections on a recurrent problem.

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