Add to ORKGThe so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of their political masters, the use of torture in extremis. I show that the scenario is spurious; and that the likely consequences of the use of interrogational torture in such cases are disastrous. Finally, I test the argument against a real case
This article is about the normalization of interrogational torture and coercion from 2001 to 200...
This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concernin...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
The most astonishing by-product of the events of 9-11 is undoubtedly the renewed legitimacy, in the ...
Even people who think torture is justified in certain circumstances regard it - to say the least - a...
The ticking bomb case is meant to challenge absolute prohibitions on the use of torture. In “Imagina...
This thesis argues that the ticking bomb scenario is a fiction and it accordingly asks, "if it is a ...
This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself directly to the arguments for the lim...
The War on Terrorism generated a correlation between terrorism and torture. This article analyzes th...
The \u27War on Terror\u27 has prompted a great deal of discussion about the use of torture as a mean...
The question of torture as an interdisciplinary topic is important. Torture is contrary to every int...
Torture can be understood as part of a geopolitical response to a discursively inflated threat. Publ...
Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for gr...
The War on Terror has generated fierce debate on torture as a means of thwarting terrorist threats....
This article is about the normalization of interrogational torture and coercion from 2001 to 200...
This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concernin...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
The most astonishing by-product of the events of 9-11 is undoubtedly the renewed legitimacy, in the ...
Even people who think torture is justified in certain circumstances regard it - to say the least - a...
The ticking bomb case is meant to challenge absolute prohibitions on the use of torture. In “Imagina...
This thesis argues that the ticking bomb scenario is a fiction and it accordingly asks, "if it is a ...
This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself directly to the arguments for the lim...
The War on Terrorism generated a correlation between terrorism and torture. This article analyzes th...
The \u27War on Terror\u27 has prompted a great deal of discussion about the use of torture as a mean...
The question of torture as an interdisciplinary topic is important. Torture is contrary to every int...
Torture can be understood as part of a geopolitical response to a discursively inflated threat. Publ...
Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for gr...
The War on Terror has generated fierce debate on torture as a means of thwarting terrorist threats....
This article is about the normalization of interrogational torture and coercion from 2001 to 200...
This book considers the theoretical, policy and empirical arguments relevant to the debate concernin...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...