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
Summary
This text offers an introduction to the philosophical debates surrounding torture. The book asks key questions in light of recent events such as the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-157) and index
