LEADER 04567nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910957631703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781438446233 010 $a1438446233 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438446233 035 $a(CKB)2550000001043809 035 $a(EBL)3408727 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860575 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429710 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860575 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898177 035 $a(PQKB)11512518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408727 035 $a(OCoLC)840569835 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27174 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408727 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685127 035 $a(DE-B1597)684115 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438446233 035 $a(Perlego)2673674 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001043809 100 $a20120529d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the ethics of torture /$fUwe Steinhoff 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState Universtiy of New York Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781438446219 311 08$a1438446217 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"" 330 $aThe question of when, and under what circumstances, the practice of torture might be justified has received a great deal of attention in the last decade in both academia and in the popular media. Many of these discussions are, however, one-sided with other perspectives either ignored or quickly dismissed with minimal argument. In On the Ethics of Torture, Uwe Steinhoff provides a complete account of the philosophical debate surrounding this highly contentious subject. Steinhoff's position is that torture is sometimes, under certain narrowly circumscribed conditions, justified, basing his argument on the right to self-defense. His position differs from that of other authors who, using other philosophical justifications, would permit torture under a wider set of conditions. After having given the reader a thorough account of the main arguments for permitting torture under certain circumstances, Steinhoff explains and addresses the many objections that have been raised to employing torture under any circumstances. This is an indispensible work for anyone interested in one of the most controversial subjects of our times. 606 $aTorture$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aPunishment$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aTorture$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aPunishment$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a172/.2 700 $aSteinhoff$b Uwe$01808167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957631703321 996 $aOn the ethics of torture$94358284 997 $aUNINA