After 9/11, the United States became a nation that sanctioned torture. Detainees across the globe were waterboarded, deprived of sleep, beaten by guards, blasted with deafening …
Covering every step of research, writing, and documentation, Writing from Sources provides a complete guide to source-based writing. The book builds from fundamental skills--such as …
The" war on terror" has brought the subject of torture to the forefront of public attention. In contrast to other discussions that focus narrowly on the practice of torture, and condemn it …
M Yemini - Ethical theory and moral practice, 2014 - Springer
The problem of “dirty hands” has become an important term, indeed one of the most important terms of reference, in contemporary academic scholarship on the issue of torture …
Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for granted the proposition that the infliction of torture is a sufficiently grave evil to …
O Gross - Law, culture and the humanities, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
May torture ever be morally or legally justified or excused? This article argues that an absolute legal ban on torture ought to be maintained. However, in truly catastrophic cases …
M Bagaric, J Clarke - USFL Rev., 2005 - HeinOnline
It IS NO EXAGGERATION TO STATE that our first article on torture—" Not Enough Official Torture in the World? The Circumstances in Which Torture Is Morally Justifiable" 1 in Volume …
This Article examines how the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) can be used as a practical tool to enhance the …
Abstract Seit Jahren wird in Deutschland mit großer Intensität darüber diskutiert, ob die sogenannte Rettungsfolter zur Erlangung von Informationen, die das Leben eines …