Understanding torture. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
• Other Names: Wisnewski, Jeremy
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages)
• Subjects: 172.2; Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748643301; 0748643303; 9780748686728
• Related ISBNs: 074868672X; 9780748635375; 0748635378; 9780748635382; 0748635386; 9789748635385
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.