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 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction / Scott A. Anderson; Part I: A Triumph Over Torture, Told by a Survivor; One / Tales of Terrorism and Torture: The Soft Vengeance of Justice / Albie Sachs; Part II: Psychological Perspectives on Torture; Two / The Many Faces of Torture: A Psychological Perspective / William Gorman and Sandra G. Zakowski; Three / Stoic Equanimity in the Face of Torture / Nancy Sherman; Four / Gender Performance Requirements of the US Military in the War on Islamic Terrorism / Mary Anne Case; Part III: Torture in Historical Context.
- Five / The Fragility of Evidence: Torture in Ancient Rome / Kathleen M. ColemanSix / US Torture of Prisoners of War in Historical Perspective: The Role of Delegitimization / Christopher J. Einolf; Seven / Police Interrogation and Coercion in Domestic American History: Lessons for the War on Terror / Richard A. Leo and K. Alexa Koenig; Part IV: The Ethics of Torture; Eight / The Ticking Bomb Hypothetical / Marcia Baron; Nine / Torture and Method in Moral Philosophy / Jeff McMahan; Ten / Torture, Self- Defense, and Fighting Dirty / David Sussman.
- Eleven / Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirensà‚#x80;#x99; Singing / Scott A. AndersonPart V: Torture in US Law and Policy; Twelve / Torture and Positive Law: Jurisprudence for the White House / Jeremy Waldron; Thirteen / In Defense of Lawfare: The Value of Litigation in Challenging Torture / Lisa Hajjar; Fourteen / Tortured Prosecutions: Holding Private Military Contractors Accountable / Garrett Ordower; List of Contributors; Index.