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Author:
Allhoff, Fritz.
Title:
Terrorism, ticking time-bombs, and torture : a philosophical analysis / Fritz Allhoff.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xii, 266 p. ; 24 cm
Subject:
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
Contents:
What is terrorism? -- The moral status of terrorism -- The war on terror and the ethics of exceptionalism -- Conceptual and moral foundations of torture -- Ticking-time-bomb methodology -- Should we torture in ticking-time-bomb cases? -- Empirical objections to torture -- Ex ante and ex post justifications -- The limits of torture.
ISBN:
0226014835 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226014838 (cloth : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)711050912
LCCN:
2011029348
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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