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200 10$aUnderstanding torture$b[electronic resource] /$fJ. Jeremy Wisnewski
210   $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
225 1 $aContemporary ethical debates
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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311   $a0-7486-3538-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; Copyright; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Persistence of Torture: An Affliction That Won't Go Away; Chapter 2 The History of Torture: A Sketch; Chapter 3 The Wrongness of Torture: Identifying Torture's Unique Despicability; Chapter 4 How Torture Unmakes Worlds; Chapter 5 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 6 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 7 The Psychology of Torture; Chapter 8 The Politics of Torture: Orwellian Themes in the Bush League; Chapter 9 Hope Amid Pessimism: Concluding Reflections on Ending Torture; Selected Bibliography
327   $aSelected Useful WebsitesIndex
330   $aUnderstanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.
410  0$aContemporary ethical debates.
606   $aTorture$xMoral and ethical aspects
615  0$aTorture$xMoral and ethical aspects.
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