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Torture / Debra A. Miller, book editor.

Contributor(s): Miller, Debra A.
Series: Current controversies: Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009Description: 200 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780737743265 (hbk.); 0737743263 (hbk.); 9780737743258 (pbk.).Subject(s): Torture | Torture -- United StatesDDC classification: 364.67
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 Guantánamo 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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Floor 4, Shelf 10 , Side 2, TierNo 4, BayNo 2

 364.67 TOR 2009 (Browse shelf) 1 Available GENLS,GENLS,03,GR 5000103349

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.

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 Guantánamo 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.