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" The ethics of torture / "
J. Jeremy Wisnewski and R.D. Emerick
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BL
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699850
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b522039
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| Main Entry
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Wisnewski, Jeremy
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| Title & Author
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The ethics of torture /\ J. Jeremy Wisnewski and R.D. Emerick
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, c2009
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x, 164 p. ;; 23 cm
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0826498892 (hbk.)
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: 0826498906 (pbk.)
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: 9780826498892 (hbk.)
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: 9780826498908 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-157) and index
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| Contents
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Coming to (definitional) terms with torture: four models -- The economic model of torture: ticking-bomb arguments and torture warrants -- The phenomenological model of torture: dignity and the destruction of agency -- The dramaturgical model of torture: interrogation's immorality play -- The communicative model of torture: understanding institutionally permissive torture -- Assessing the varieties of torture: concluding reflections on a recurrent problem
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Torture-- Moral and ethical aspects
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| Dewey Classification
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172/.2
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HV8593.W57 2009
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HV8593.W57 2009
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Emerick, R. D
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