Add to ORKGThe economist David K. Levine claims that if a government of a country makes torture legal, the inevitable result will be torture that is out of control. I point out an inconsistency in his approach to torture. I then argue that we should be open to rare counterexamples to his claim and describe a kind of counterexample
Liberal democracies who perpetrate torture represent an apparent paradox: a flagrant violation of hu...
The aim of this master thesis is to discus the argument that in the favor of legalizing torture in t...
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...
The economist David K. Levine claims that if a government of a country makes torture legal, the inev...
In this Note, I provide potential replies for two important groups that support a universal prohibit...
I develop a framework to account for torture, which I argue should be understood with reference to i...
American legal discourse on torture takes for granted some, usually all, of the following propositio...
Abu Graib, Guantanamo, the War on Terror—the debate over the use of torture is still very much alive...
Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavil...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
The prohibition of torture is one of the most emblematic norms of the modern human rights movement, ...
This paper addresses a puzzle discovered by Hathaway (2002, 2003a,b): Dictatorships that practice to...
The torture issue can be regarded as one of the most important issue in the human rights protection ...
Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for gr...
May torture ever be morally or legally permissible? In Why Terrorism Works, Professor Alan Dershowit...
Liberal democracies who perpetrate torture represent an apparent paradox: a flagrant violation of hu...
The aim of this master thesis is to discus the argument that in the favor of legalizing torture in t...
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...
The economist David K. Levine claims that if a government of a country makes torture legal, the inev...
In this Note, I provide potential replies for two important groups that support a universal prohibit...
I develop a framework to account for torture, which I argue should be understood with reference to i...
American legal discourse on torture takes for granted some, usually all, of the following propositio...
Abu Graib, Guantanamo, the War on Terror—the debate over the use of torture is still very much alive...
Why does torture persist despite its prohibition? Scholars, policymakers, and the public have heavil...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
The prohibition of torture is one of the most emblematic norms of the modern human rights movement, ...
This paper addresses a puzzle discovered by Hathaway (2002, 2003a,b): Dictatorships that practice to...
The torture issue can be regarded as one of the most important issue in the human rights protection ...
Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for gr...
May torture ever be morally or legally permissible? In Why Terrorism Works, Professor Alan Dershowit...
Liberal democracies who perpetrate torture represent an apparent paradox: a flagrant violation of hu...
The aim of this master thesis is to discus the argument that in the favor of legalizing torture in t...
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...