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Understanding Torture
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Engelsk Hardback

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Despite Victor Hugo''s 19th-century proclamation that torture no longer exists, we still find it even now, even in those nations that claim to be paradigms of civility. Why is it that torture still exists in a world where it is routinely regarded as immoral? Is it possible to eliminate torture, and if so, how? What exactly does it mean to call something ''torture'', and is it always morally reprehensible?

Arguments in favour of torture abound, but in this important new book, J. Jeremy Wisnewski examines and explains the moral dimensions of this perennial practice, paying careful attention to what lessons torture can teach us about our own moral psychology. By systematically exposing the weaknesses of the dominant arguments for torture, drawing on resources in both analytic and continental philosophy and relevant empirical literature in psychology, Wisnewski aims to provide an over-arching account of torture: what it is, why it''s wrong, and why even the most civilized people can nevertheless engage in it.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9780748635375
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748635378
Udg. Dato:
13 sep 2010
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
163mm
Højde:
241mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
13 sep 2010
Forfatter(e):
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