Torture: Does It Make Us Safer? Is It Ever Ok?: A Human Rights Perspective Contributor(s): Roth, Kenneth (Editor), Worden, Minky (Editor) |
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ISBN: 156584971X ISBN-13: 9781565849716 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2005 Annotation: This expose contains a selection of essays that address specific topics regarding torture in today's world, from whether torture is ever justified to domestic torture within American prisons to the victim's perspective. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
Dewey: 179.7 |
LCCN: 2005047966 |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.42" W x 8.04" (0.98 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Of all the issues on the human rights agenda, torture offered Americans the moral high ground . . . until this year. With the abuses at Abu Ghraib that led to accusations of torture within the domestic criminal justice system, the question of cruel and unusual treatment has taken on new urgency in the United States and elsewhere. In Torture, twelve newly written essays by leading thinkers and experts range over history and continents, offering a nuanced, up-to-the-minute exploration of this wrenching but timely topic, including, among others, Reed Brody on the road to Abu Ghraib and ghost detainees; Eitan Felner on the Israeli experience; Tom Malinowski on violations of State Department forbidden practices at Abu Ghraib and in Afghanistan; Kenneth Roth on the U.S. government's shift from cover-up to justification; and Minky Worden on a global survey of torturing countries. Intended for a general audience, some of the key questions addressed include how to define torture, whether torture is ever effective, and whether it is ever acceptable. |