Spirituality and the ethics of torture

Name: Spirituality and the ethics of torture
Author: Derek S. Jeffreys

Author

Derek S. Jeffreys

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

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Title and Author

Spirituality and the ethics of torture / Derek S. Jeffreys

Publication Details

نیویورک : Palgrave Macmillan، 2009م

Physical Description

191 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

Torture Moral and ethical aspects
Torture Religious aspects

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"The soul is somehow all that exists" : spirituality and human dignity -- Breaking the will : spirituality and the definition of torture -- Assaulting the spirit : why torture is wrong -- Does torture work? : consequentialism's failures -- No reason to torture : dirty hands and spiritual damage -- Machiavelli's challenge : torture and memory

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