Confronting torture : essays on the ethics, legality, history, and psychology of torture today /: essays on the ethics, legality, history, and psychology of torture today. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Scott A. Anderson and Martha C. Nussbaum.
• Editors: (Professor of philosophy), Anderson, Scott A; Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947-
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1'>Introduction <div class='ch-level-1'>1/ Tales of Terrorism and Torture: The Soft Vengeance of Justice <div class='ch-level-1'>2/ The Many Faces of Torture: A Psychological Perspective <div class='ch-level-1'>3/ Stoic Equanimity in the Face of Torture <div class='ch-level-1'>4/ Gender Performance Requirements of the US Military in the War on Islamic Terrorism <div class='ch-level-1'>5/ The Fragility of Evidence: Torture in Ancient Rome <div class='ch-level-1'>6/ US Torture of Prisoners of War in Historical Perspective: The Role of Delegitimization <div class='ch-level-1'>7/ Police Interrogation and Coercion in Domestic American History: Lessons for the War on Terror <div class='ch-level-1'>8/ The Ticking Bomb Hypothetical <div class='ch-level-1'>9/ Torture and Method in Moral Philosophy <div class='ch-level-1'>10/ Torture, Self-Defense, and Fighting Dirty <div class='ch-level-1'>11/ Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirens' Singing <div class='ch-level-1'>12/ Torture and Positive Law: Jurisprudence for the White House <div class='ch-level-1'>13/ In Defense of Lawfare: The Value of Litigation in Challenging Torture <div class='ch-level-1'>14/ Tortured Prosecutions: Holding Private Military Contractors Accountable.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.675; Torture; Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects; Torture -- Law and legislation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226529554
• Related ISBNs: 9780226529387; 9780226529417
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