Torture and the Ticking Bomb Hardback
by Bob (University of Brighton, UK) Brecher
Part of the Blackwell Public Philosophy Series series
Hardback
Description
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 counteredTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian groundsTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free styleForms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:24/08/2007
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- ISBN:9781405162012
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:24/08/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405162012