03254nam 2200565Ia 450 991045324370332120200520144314.01-4384-4623-3(CKB)2550000001043809(EBL)3408727(SSID)ssj0000860575(PQKBManifestationID)11429710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860575(PQKBWorkID)10898177(PQKB)11512518(MiAaPQ)EBC3408727(OCoLC)840569835(MdBmJHUP)muse27174(Au-PeEL)EBL3408727(CaPaEBR)ebr10685127(EXLCZ)99255000000104380920120529d2013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn the ethics of torture[electronic resource] /Uwe SteinhoffAlbany State Universtiy of New York Pressc20131 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-4621-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""On the Ethics of Torture""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: What Is Torture?""; ""Chapter 2: The Moral Justification of Torture""; ""2.1 The Argument from Self-defense""; ""2.1.1 What Is Self-defense?""; ""2.1.2 Proportionality, or: Many Forms of Torture Are Not as Bad as Killing""; ""2.2 The Argument from the Culpability for Creating a Forced-Choice Situation""; ""2.3 The Argument from Necessity""; ""2.4 Reminder: The Justification of Torture Is Compatible with Rights Absolutism""; ""2.5 The Utilitarian Argument""""Chapter 3: Defusing the Ticking-Social-Bomb Argument: Against Consequentialist Attempts to Undermine the Right to Self-defensive Torture""""Chapter 4: Against the Institutionalization of Torture""; ""Chapter 5: Legalizing Torture?""; ""Chapter 6: Objections""; ""6.1 Attempts to Quickly Dismiss the Argument from Self-defense and Other Rights-based Arguments""; ""6.2 The Defenselessness Argument""; ""6.3 But Is It Really Self-defense? Whitley Kaufman and Daniel Hill""; ""6.4 David Sussman�s Complicity Argument""; ""6.5 Kant�s Categorical Imperative: The Three Kantian Formulas""""6.6 “Breaking the Will� (and “Dignity,� “Subject Status,� and “Self-legislative Rulership�)""""6.7 Torture and the Doctrine of Double Effect""; ""6.8 Is the Ticking-Bomb Example Unrealistic?""; ""6.9 “Torture Knows No Limits�""; ""Chapter 7: Is Justifying Torture Bad Even If Torture Is Sometimes Justified?""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""TortureMoral and ethical aspectsPunishmentMoral and ethical aspectsElectronic books.TortureMoral and ethical aspects.PunishmentMoral and ethical aspects.172/.2Steinhoff Uwe1030215MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453243703321On the ethics of torture2447026UNINA