LEADER 03273nam 2200673 450 001 9910143303603321 005 20170816122018.0 010 $a1-119-43136-0 010 $a1-282-34843-4 010 $a9786612348433 010 $a0-470-69164-6 010 $a1-280-93277-5 010 $a9786610932771 010 $a1-4051-6201-5 010 $a0-470-69248-0 010 $a1-4051-8202-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341771 035 $a(EBL)306570 035 $a(OCoLC)476085511 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260293 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260293 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10191557 035 $a(PQKB)10043294 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC306570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4956609 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341771 100 $a20180912d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTorture and the ticking bomb /$fBob Brecher 210 1$aMalden, MA :$cBlackwell Publishing,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (134 p.) 225 1 $aBlackwell public philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-6202-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 89-116) and index. 327 $aTorture 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 327 $a4: 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 330 $aThis timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be counteredTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian groundsTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free styleForms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series 410 0$aBlackwell public philosophy. 606 $aTorture 606 $aHuman rights 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTorture. 615 0$aHuman rights. 676 $a363.2 676 $a363.232 700 $aBrecher$b Robert$0935697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143303603321 996 $aTorture and the ticking bomb$92107732 997 $aUNINA