Confronting torture : essays on the ethics, legality, history, and psychology of torture today /
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Imprint: | Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11455402 |
Other authors / contributors: | Anderson, Scott A. (Professor of philosophy), editor. Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- editor. |
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ISBN: | 9780226529554 022652955X 9780226529387 022652938X 9780226529417 022652941X |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | Torture has lately become front page news, featured in popular movies and TV shows, and a topic of intense public debate. It grips our imagination, in part because torturing someone seems to be an unthinkable breach of humanity - theirs and ours. And yet, when confronted with horrendous events in war, or the prospect of catastrophic damage to one's own country, many come to wonder whether we can really afford to abstain entirely from torture. Before trying to tackle this dilemma, though, we need to see torture as a multifaceted problem with a long history and numerous ethical and legal aspects. 'Confronting Torture' offers a multidisciplinary investigation of this wrenching topic. |
Other form: | Print version: Confronting torture. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018 9780226529387 |
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