Torture
Not so long ago, the only respectable question for philosophical, legal, and political scholars to ask about torture was how to ensure its effective legal prohibition. Recently, however, some leading lawyers and legal theorists have challenged those who are absolutely opposed to torture, arguing tha...
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
2021
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| description | Not so long ago, the only respectable question for philosophical, legal, and political scholars to ask about torture was how to ensure its effective legal prohibition. Recently, however, some leading lawyers and legal theorists have challenged those who are absolutely opposed to torture, arguing that, in some circumstances, torture may be morally permissible or even required. This has provoked a range of responses, from outraged dismissal to cautious concessions that the law has to adjust to new realities. This volume contains writings by some of the leading contributors to these debates. Distinctively, it supplements the discussion about the morality of torture - and the morality of discussing torture - with essays which provide important legal, sociological, and historical analyses of this appalling human practice and of the attempts to control it. With an international and interdisciplinary authorship, Torture: Moral Absolutes and Ambiguities will be essential reading for legal and political theorists, philosophers, sociologists, historians, and indeed anybody interested in serious and informed thinking about this most disturbing phenomenon. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-303072025-07-30T17:00:50Z Torture Clucas, Bev Johnstone, Gerry Ward, Tony Technology & Engineering Agriculture thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming Not so long ago, the only respectable question for philosophical, legal, and political scholars to ask about torture was how to ensure its effective legal prohibition. Recently, however, some leading lawyers and legal theorists have challenged those who are absolutely opposed to torture, arguing that, in some circumstances, torture may be morally permissible or even required. This has provoked a range of responses, from outraged dismissal to cautious concessions that the law has to adjust to new realities. This volume contains writings by some of the leading contributors to these debates. Distinctively, it supplements the discussion about the morality of torture - and the morality of discussing torture - with essays which provide important legal, sociological, and historical analyses of this appalling human practice and of the attempts to control it. With an international and interdisciplinary authorship, Torture: Moral Absolutes and Ambiguities will be essential reading for legal and political theorists, philosophers, sociologists, historians, and indeed anybody interested in serious and informed thinking about this most disturbing phenomenon. 2021-02-10T13:40:13Z 2021-02-10T13:40:13Z 2021-01-14T04:38:33Z 2009 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46154 9783845214986 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30307 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46154/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46154/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46154/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46154/1/external_content.pdf Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845214986 https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845214986 20c8b06d-3b2b-4af2-acda-fbcfdfea5744 9783845214986 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG open access |
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| title | Torture |
| title_full | Torture |
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| topic | Technology & Engineering Agriculture thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming |
| topic_facet | Technology & Engineering Agriculture thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming |
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