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.
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