Yuval Ginbar

Why Not Torture Terrorists?

Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the Ticking Bomb Justification for Torture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses a dilemma at the heart of the 'War on Terror': Is it ever justifiable to torture terrorists when innocent lives are at stake? The book analyses the moral arguments and presents a passionate defence of prohibition. It also examines current State practice and the models of legalising torture suggested in Israel and the US.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780199540914
• ISBN-10: 0199540918
• Artikelnr.: 24764698

Autorenporträt

Yuval Ginbar serves as a legal adviser to Amnesty International and a senior adviser to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Introduction
* Part I: Private Morality: Is it Morally Justifiable for an Individual
to Torture a Terrorist in Order to Save Many Innocent Lives?
* 1: Introduction
* 2: The wider moral Issue: Do consequences or 'no go areas' determine
what is ethical in an extreme situation?
* 3: Consequentialist argument for torturing in a ticking bomb
situation
* 4: The minimal absolutist approach I: anti-absolutism as morally
untenable
* 5: The minimal absolutist approach II: Arguments for an absolute
prohibition on torture
* Part II: Public, Practical Morality: Is it Morally Justifiable for a
State to Torture in Order to Save Many Innocent Lives?
* 6: Introduction
* 7: Is there a 'public morality' that is distinct from 'private
morality'?
* 8: 'Slippery slope' and other dangers
* Part III: Legalising Torture 1 - Four Models
* 9: Introduction
* 10: The Landau model in Israel
* 11: The 'torture warrants' model
* 12: Israel's High Court of Justice model
* 13: The USA's 'high value detainees' model
* Part IV: Legalising Torture 2 - Three Issues
* 14: Introduction
* 15: Is it (internationally) legal? Is it torture?
* 16: The 'defence of necessity' model as legal grounds for torture
* Part V: Conclusions