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Author Bagaric, Mirko.

Title Torture : when the unthinkable is morally permissible / Mirko Bagaric, Julie Clarke.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007]
©2007
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 Moore Stacks  HV8593 .B35 2007    Available  ---
Description xiii, 114 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-111) and index.
Contents Introduction : Overview of the torture debate -- Torture : reality and legal position -- The moral status of torture -- The slippery slope illusion -- Live-saving torture is a humane practice -- Torture is effective -- Torture is not antidemocratic -- The real divide : where responsibility starts and ends -- Why the torture debate really matters (and why a "meta analysis" of the torture debate supports our argument) -- Conclusion : The ends justifies the means.
Subject Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture -- United States.
Torture.
United States.
Political prisoners -- Abuse of -- United States.
Political prisoners -- Abuse of.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Human rights.
Added Author Clarke, Julie, 1952-
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