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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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 114 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
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.
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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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Subject	Human rights.
Added Author	Clarke, Julie, 1952-
Other Form:	Print version: Bagaric, Mirko. Torture. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2007 0791471535 9780791471531 (DLC) 2006027537 (OCoLC)71243830
ISBN	9781429498319 (electronic book)
	1429498315 (electronic book)