Torture and the Ticking Bomb

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
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Author: Bob Brecher ISBN: 9781119431367
Publisher: Wiley Publication: April 24, 2017
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Bob Brecher
ISBN: 9781119431367
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: April 24, 2017
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.

  • Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered
  • Takes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds
  • Timely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style
  • Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series
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This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.

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