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UNISA996395350303316 |
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Torrey Samuel <1632-1707.> |
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An exhortation unto reformation [[electronic resource] ] : amplified, by a discourse concerning the parts and progress of that work, according to the word of God, delivered in a sermon preached in the audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusets colony, at Boston in New-England, May 27, 1674, being the day of election there / / by Samvel Torrey . |
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Cambridge [Mass.], : Printed by Marmaduke Johnson, 1674 |
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MatherIncrease <1639-1723.> |
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Sermons, English - 17th century |
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Monografia |
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"To the reader" signed: Increase Mather. |
Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
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UNISALENTO991001502249707536 |
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Zola, Emile |
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Au bonheur des dames ; La joie de vivre ; Germinal / Zola |
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Cogny, Pierre |
Le Blond-Zola, Jean-Claude |
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UNISA996213072203316 |
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Autore |
Brecher Robert |
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Torture and the ticking bomb / / Bob Brecher |
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Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , 2007 |
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1-119-43136-0 |
1-282-34843-4 |
9786612348433 |
0-470-69164-6 |
1-280-93277-5 |
9786610932771 |
1-4051-6201-5 |
0-470-69248-0 |
1-4051-8202-4 |
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1 online resource (134 p.) |
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Blackwell public philosophy |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-116) and index. |
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Torture and the Ticking Bomb; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; What is Torture?; Dershowitz on Interrogational Torture; Why Write about Torture?; The Agenda; 2: The Fantasy of the Ticking Bomb Scenario; Dershowitz's Argument and the Ticking Bomb; Who Tortures?; Effectiveness and Time; Knowledge and Necessity; The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Conclusion; 3: The Consequences of Normalizing Interrogational Torture; Some Clarifi cations; Three Positive Claims about the Consequences of Legalizing Interrogational Torture; The Institutionalization of Interrogational Torture; A Torturous Society |
4: Torture, Death and PhilosophyTorture; Torture, Death and Interrogation; Why No Decent Society Can Torture; Torture, the ""War on Terror"" and Intellectual Irresponsibility; But What if Torture Really is the Only Possible Way to Avoid Catastrophe?; Two Final Points; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be counteredTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian groundsTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free styleForms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series |
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