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Why not torture terrorists? : moral, practical, and legal aspects of the 'ticking bomb' justification for torture / Yuval Ginbar.
- Title
- Why not torture terrorists? : moral, practical, and legal aspects of the 'ticking bomb' justification for torture / Yuval Ginbar.
- Author
- Ginbar, Yuval.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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- Description
- xxxiii, 414 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This book addresses a dilemma at the heart of the 'War on Terror' - whether it is ever justifiable to torture terrorists when innocent lives are at stake. The book analyses the moral arguments and presents a passionate defence of prohibition. It also examines the models of legalising torture suggested in Israel and the US.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-397) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Private morality : is it morally justifiable for an individual to torture a terrorist in order to save many innocent lives? -- Public, practical morality : is it morally justifiable for a state to torture in order to save many innocent lives? -- Legalizing torture 1- four models -- Legalizing torture 2- three issues.
- ISBN
- 9780199540914 (acid-free)
- LCCN
- ^^2008000352
- OCLC
- 181926044
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library