Torture Religious Ethics and National Security

Name: Torture Religious Ethics and National Security
Price: 4.64 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781570756078

ISBN-10: 1570756074

ISBN-13: 9781570756078

Edition: 2005

Authors: John Perry

List price: $15.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

1 new & used from $4.64

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Until recently, torture was chiefly associated with foreign juntas or other notorious human rights abusers. In light of the "war on terror" this has changed dramatically. Whether it is the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the policy of "extraordinary rendition" of terror suspects into the hands of overseas interrogators, or questions regarding the authority of the U.S. President to take extreme measures for the sake of national security--suddenly the practice of torture has become a matter of urgent public debate. Reviewing the history and practice of torture, and the arguments used to justify it, Perry takes us into minds of both the torturers and their victims. Ultimately, showing why…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Introduction : a Catholic perspective on torture	p. 13
Why torture is different from other warlike actions	p. 25
Why torture?	p. 45
Why torture is wrong	p. 59
Torturers	p. 81
The tortured	p. 100
The church and torture in the twentieth century	p. 115
Justice and forgiveness	p. 135
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.