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200 10$aOn the ethics of torture$b[electronic resource] /$fUwe Steinhoff
210   $aAlbany $cState Universtiy of New York Press$dc2013
215   $a1 online resource (206 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a""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""
327   $a""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 Sussmana???s Complicity Argument""; ""6.5 Kanta???s Categorical Imperative: The Three Kantian Formulas""
327   $a""6.6 a???Breaking the Willa??? (and a???Dignity,a??? a???Subject Status,a??? and a???Self-legislative Rulershipa???)""""6.7 Torture and the Doctrine of Double Effect""; ""6.8 Is the Ticking-Bomb Example Unrealistic?""; ""6.9 a???Torture Knows No Limitsa???""; ""Chapter 7: Is Justifying Torture Bad Even If Torture Is Sometimes Justified?""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
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606   $aPunishment$xMoral and ethical aspects
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