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Author Wisnewski, Jeremy.

Title The ethics of torture / J. Jeremy Wisnewski and R.D. Emerick.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 164 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-157) and index.
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.
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.
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Subject Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01152959
Folter.
Ethik.
Added Author Emerick, R. D.
Other Form: Print version: Wisnewski, Jeremy. Ethics of torture. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 0826498892 (DLC) 2008043687 (OCoLC)265077420
ISBN 9781441197986 (electronic bk.)
1441197982 (electronic bk.)
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