- Additional Authors
- Miller, Debra A.
- Description
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Series Statement
- Current controversies series
- Uniform Title
- Torture (Online)
- Current controversies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- How common is the use of torture? Torture is a worldwide problem / Human Rights Watch ; Both civilized and less civilized countries use torture techniques / Lisa Hajjar ; Torture continues to be a problem in Asia / Basil Fernando ; Torture is still common in Brazil / Brazzil Magazine ; Police in India frequently use torture / Rama Lakshmi ; Al Qaeda terrorists carried on Saddam Hussein's gruesome torture techniques in Iraq / Entifadh Qanbar -- Is torture morally wrong? Chapter overview / Sherry F. Colb ; Torture is morally reprehensible / Kim Petersen ; Torture is always morally wrong / David P. Gushee ; People around the world agree that torture is immoral / Mirela Xanthaki ; Torture can be a moral means of saving lives / Mirko Bagaric ; Torture is moral when inflicted for a greater good / Patrick J. Buchanan ; Coercion at Guantánamo is not torture and is necessary / Aryeh Spero -- Is torture an effective interrogation technique? Torture is sometimes effective / Alan Dershowitz ; Torture has a place in the war on terror / Nicholas Davis ; Torture works as a social control / Naomi Klein ; It is a myth that torture works / Anne Applebaum ; Torture is neither justified nor effective / Mick Smith ; Torture ruins evidence that could be used to prosecute terrorists / Phillip Carter ; History shows torture does not obtain the truth / Robert Fisk -- What should be the U.S. policy on torture? Stress techniques must be authorized in the war on terror / Heather Mac Donald ; The United States should stop all forms of torture / Washington Monthly ; Torture should be made legal in extreme situations / Alan M. Dershowitz ; Torture should not be legally sanctioned / Jack Rabbit ; The United States should categorically ban torture but consider rare exceptions / Albert Mohler ; The United States should not attempt to codify exceptions to a ban on torture / Mark Bowden.
- LCCN
- 2008049217
- OCLC
- ssj0000919793
- Title
Torture [electronic resource] / Debra A. Miller, book editor.
- Imprint
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.
- Series
Current controversies series
Current controversies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Miller, Debra A.