Isbn: 9781107656291 - torture, power, and law (8 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. David Luban analyzes the torture debate in the struggle against terrorism from a sophisticated philosophical and legal perspective. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: LAB; LBBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This volume brings together the most important writing on torture and the 'war on terror by one of the leading US voices in the torture debate. Philosopher and legal ethicist David Luban reflects on this contentious topic in a powerful sequence of essays including two new and previously unpublished pieces. He analyzes the trade-offs between security and human rights, as well as the connection between torture, humiliation, and human dignity, the fallacy of using ticking bomb scenarios in debates about torture, and the ethics of government lawyers. The book develops an illuminating and novel conception of torture as the use of pain and suffering to communicate absolute dominance over the victim. Factually stimulating and legally informed, this volume provides the clearest analysis to date of the torture debate. It brings the story up to date by discussing the Obama administration's failure to hold torturers accountable.…