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100	1		_aWisnewski, Jeremy.
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding torture / _cJ. Jeremy Wisnewski.
260			_aEdinburgh : _bEdinburgh University Press, _cc2010.
300			_axii, 273 p. ; _c23cm.
490	1		_aContemporary ethical debates
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
505	0		_aThe persistence of torture : an affliction that won't go away -- The history of torture : a sketch -- The wrongness of torture : identifying torture's unique despicability -- How torture unmakes worlds -- Thinking through torture's temptations, part one : arguments for torture -- Thinking through torture's temptations, part two : arguments against torture -- The psychology of torture -- The politics of torture : Orwellian themes in the Bush League -- Hope amid pessimism : concluding reflections on ending torture.
520			_aDespite 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 book, the author 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, he aims to provide an over-arching account of torture: what it is, why it is wrong, and why even the most civilized people can nevertheless engage in it.
650		0	_aTorture _xMoral and ethical aspects.
830		0	_aContemporary ethical debates.
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