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The ethics of torture /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.