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)
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- Title:
- 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)
- Main Title:
- Confronting torture : essays on the ethics, legality, history, and psychology of torture today
- 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
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