Torture : religious ethics and national security /

Torture : religious ethics and national security /

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Author / Creator:Perry, John, 1943-
Imprint:Toronto, Ont. : Novalis ; Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2005.
Description:23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Terrorism investigation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5818787
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ISBN:9781570756078 (pbk.)
1570756074 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-192).
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a Catholic perspective on torture
  • 1. Why torture is different from other warlike actions
  • 2. Why torture?
  • 3. Why torture is wrong
  • 4. Torturers
  • 5. The tortured
  • 6. The church and torture in the twentieth century
  • 7. Justice and forgiveness.

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