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Torture / Debra A. Miller, book editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublication details: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, (c)2009.Description: 200 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0737743255
  • 0737743263
  • 9780737743258
  • 9780737743265
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV8593.T678 2009
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Contents:
How common is the use of torture? Torture is a worldwide problem Human Rights Watch ; Both civilized and less civilized countries use torture techniques Lisa Hajjar ; Torture continues to be a problem in Asia Basil Fernando ; Torture is still common in Brazil Brazzil Magazine ; Police in India frequently use torture Rama Lakshmi ; Al Qaeda terrorists carried on Saddam Hussein's gruesome torture techniques in Iraq Entifadh Qanbar Is torture morally wrong? Chapter overview Sherry F. Colb ; Torture is morally reprehensible Kim Petersen ; Torture is always morally wrong David P. Gushee ; People around the world agree that torture is immoral Mirela Xanthaki ; Torture can be a moral means of saving lives Mirko Bagaric ; Torture is moral when inflicted for a greater good Patrick J. Buchanan ; Coercion at Guantanamo is not torture and is necessary Aryeh Spero Is torture an effective interrogation technique? Torture is sometimes effective Alan Dershowitz ; Torture has a place in the war on terror Nicholas Davis ; Torture works as a social control Naomi Klein ; It is a myth that torture works Anne Applebaum ; Torture is neither justified nor effective Mick Smith ; Torture ruins evidence that could be used to prosecute terrorists Phillip Carter ; History shows torture does not obtain the truth Robert Fisk What should be the U.S. policy on torture? Stress techniques must be authorized in the war on terror Heather Mac Donald ; The United States should stop all forms of torture Washington Monthly ; Torture should be made legal in extreme situations Alan M. Dershowitz ; Torture should not be legally sanctioned Jack Rabbit ; The United States should categorically ban torture but consider rare exceptions Albert Mohler ; The United States should not attempt to codify exceptions to a ban on torture Mark Bowden.
Summary: Presents views on torture from various different perspectives.
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How common is the use of torture? Torture is a worldwide problem Human Rights Watch ; Both civilized and less civilized countries use torture techniques Lisa Hajjar ; Torture continues to be a problem in Asia Basil Fernando ; Torture is still common in Brazil Brazzil Magazine ; Police in India frequently use torture Rama Lakshmi ; Al Qaeda terrorists carried on Saddam Hussein's gruesome torture techniques in Iraq Entifadh Qanbar Is torture morally wrong? Chapter overview Sherry F. Colb ; Torture is morally reprehensible Kim Petersen ; Torture is always morally wrong David P. Gushee ; People around the world agree that torture is immoral Mirela Xanthaki ; Torture can be a moral means of saving lives Mirko Bagaric ; Torture is moral when inflicted for a greater good Patrick J. Buchanan ; Coercion at Guantanamo is not torture and is necessary Aryeh Spero Is torture an effective interrogation technique? Torture is sometimes effective Alan Dershowitz ; Torture has a place in the war on terror Nicholas Davis ; Torture works as a social control Naomi Klein ; It is a myth that torture works Anne Applebaum ; Torture is neither justified nor effective Mick Smith ; Torture ruins evidence that could be used to prosecute terrorists Phillip Carter ; History shows torture does not obtain the truth Robert Fisk What should be the U.S. policy on torture? Stress techniques must be authorized in the war on terror Heather Mac Donald ; The United States should stop all forms of torture Washington Monthly ; Torture should be made legal in extreme situations Alan M. Dershowitz ; Torture should not be legally sanctioned Jack Rabbit ; The United States should categorically ban torture but consider rare exceptions Albert Mohler ; The United States should not attempt to codify exceptions to a ban on torture Mark Bowden.

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