Understanding torture [[electronic resource] /] / J. Jeremy Wisnewski
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| Autore: |
Wisnewski Jeremy
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| Titolo: |
Understanding torture [[electronic resource] /] / J. Jeremy Wisnewski
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 172.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Torture - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; 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 |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | Understanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding torture |
| ISBN: | 1-282-89986-4 |
| 9786612899867 | |
| 0-7486-4330-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785204703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Contemporary ethical debates.