Torture and the Ticking Bomb (Blackwell Public Philosophy) (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)

by Bob Brecher (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $81.22

  This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $3.43

  This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.* Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered* Takes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds* Timely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style* Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $24.53

  This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.* Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered* Takes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds* Timely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style* Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series