The Absolute Violation ：Why Torture Must Be Prohibited

Publication subTitle ：Why Torture Must Be Prohibited

Author： Matthews   Richard S.  

Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9780773574823

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773534223

Subject： D089 Other

Keyword： 政治、法律

Language： ENG

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Description

State torture has found an increasing number of defenders in law, philosophy, and public policy. Their defences often ignore the empirical literature on torture and thus misunderstand its nature and the damage it does, as well as accepting the illusory benefits it promises.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Understanding Torture

2 What about the Ticking Bomb?

3 Why Utilitarians Must Oppose Torture

4 Torture, Tragic Choices, and Dirty Hands

5 On Neither Excusing nor Justifying Torture

Conclusion

References

Index

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