Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture : A Philosophical Analysis /

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The general consensus among philosophers is that the use of torture is never justified. In Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture, Fritz Allhoff demonstrates the weakness of the case against torture; while allowing that torture constitutes a moral wrong, he nevertheless argues that, in exception...

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Autor principal: Allhoff, Fritz (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2012]
Temas:
Terrorism > Prevention > Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism > Prevention > Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
terrorism, torture, morality, lesser of two evils, pain, violence, coercion, philosophy, ticking time bomb, democracy, foreign relations, diplomacy, war, counterterrorism, noncombatants, force, fear, emergency, utility, rights, absolutism, civil disobedience, warrants, necessity, self defense, nonfiction, politics, government, political science, military, interrogation, soldiers.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • PART I. TERRORISM
  • 1. What Is Terrorism?
  • 2. The Moral Status of Terrorism
  • 3. The War on Terror and the Ethics of Exceptionalism
  • PART II. TORTURE AND T ICKING T IME -BOMBS
  • 4. Conceptual and Moral Foundations of Torture
  • 5. Ticking- Time-Bomb Methodology
  • 6. Should We Torture in Ticking-Time- Bomb Cases?
  • PART III. TORTURE AND THE REAL WORLD
  • 7. Empirical Objections to Torture
  • 8. Ex Ante and Ex Post Justifications
  • 9. The Limits of Torture
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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