Torture and the Ticking Bomb (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)
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Word Count
34,000 words, Guess
Page Count
136 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL11650488M
- ISBN-139781405162029
- ISBN-101405162023
- OCLC Control Number78063267
- Library of Congress Control Number2006103174
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- LibraryThing4462163
- Goodreads608876
Classifications
- LCCHV8593 .B74 2007
- LCCHV8593.B74 2007
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 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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