03239nam 2200661 450 991083044130332120230721025641.01-119-43136-01-282-34843-497866123484330-470-69164-61-280-93277-597866109327711-4051-6201-50-470-69248-01-4051-8202-4(CKB)1000000000341771(EBL)306570(OCoLC)476085511(SSID)ssj0000260293(PQKBManifestationID)11217286(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260293(PQKBWorkID)10191557(PQKB)10043294(MiAaPQ)EBC306570(MiAaPQ)EBC4956609(EXLCZ)99100000000034177120180912d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTorture and the ticking bomb /Bob BrecherMalden, MA :Blackwell Publishing,2007.1 online resource (134 p.)Blackwell public philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-6202-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-116) and index.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 Society4: 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; IndexThis 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 seriesBlackwell public philosophy.TortureHuman rightsTorture.Human rights.363.2363.232Brecher Robert935697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830441303321Torture and the ticking bomb2107732UNINA