Following Niklas Luhmann, my concern shall be to show the social and theoretical limits of the deontological view of morals which will uphold an absolute prohibition of torture. Without arguing for making torture legal, from the viewpoint of a public servant I shall defend the political as well as moral adequacy (justification) to consider exceptions to that prohibition for the case of \u201cticking bomb.\u201
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...
Abstract The ban against torture is part of customary international law and is prohibited under all ...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...
Following Niklas Luhmann, my concern shall be to show the social and theoretical limits of the deont...
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 ...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
Alan Dershowitz\u27s book examines recent acts of global terrorism and analyzes the reasons why terr...
Even people who think torture is justified in certain circumstances regard it - to say the least - a...
The paper addresses the problem of the justification, legitimization or authorization of torture as ...
This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself directly to the arguments for the lim...
The most astonishing by-product of the events of 9-11 is undoubtedly the renewed legitimacy, in the ...
Torture can be understood as part of a geopolitical response to a discursively inflated threat. Publ...
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...
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...
Abstract The ban against torture is part of customary international law and is prohibited under all ...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...
Following Niklas Luhmann, my concern shall be to show the social and theoretical limits of the deont...
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 ...
[The ‘ticking bomb’ argument is frequently advanced to justify the use of torture. But its terms can...
Alan Dershowitz\u27s book examines recent acts of global terrorism and analyzes the reasons why terr...
Even people who think torture is justified in certain circumstances regard it - to say the least - a...
The paper addresses the problem of the justification, legitimization or authorization of torture as ...
This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself directly to the arguments for the lim...
The most astonishing by-product of the events of 9-11 is undoubtedly the renewed legitimacy, in the ...
Torture can be understood as part of a geopolitical response to a discursively inflated threat. Publ...
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...
The so-called ticking bomb is invoked by philosophers and lawyers trying to justify, on behalf of th...
Abstract The ban against torture is part of customary international law and is prohibited under all ...
I focus on the “ticking bomb” scenario as both creation and furtherance of the fantasy of “interroga...