The absolute violation : (Record no. 410)

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International Standard Book Number 9780773534223
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International Standard Book Number 9780773534513
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Classification number HV8593
Item number .M35 2008
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Classification number HV8593
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Classification number HV8593
Item number M355 2008
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Classification number HV8593
Item number M355 2008
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Classification number 323.4/9
Edition number 22
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Classification number 89.06
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Matthews, Richard.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The absolute violation :
Remainder of title why torture must be prohibited /
Statement of responsibility, etc Richard Matthews.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Montréal [Québec] ;
-- Ithaca [N.Y.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc McGill-Queen's University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 238 p. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-232) and index.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references: p. [221]-232.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Understanding torture -- What about the ticking bomb? -- Why utilitarians must oppose torture -- Torture, tragic choices, and dirty hands -- On neither excusing nor justifying torture.
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "State torture has found an increasing number of defenders in law, philosophy, and public policy. Their defences often ignore the empirical literature on torture and thus misunderstand its nature and the damage it does, as well as accepting the illusory benefits it promises." "Richard Matthews challenges the increasing acceptability of state-sponsored torture interrogation, repudiating any possible justifications. He confronts its various supporters - ticking time bomb and tragic choice theorists, utilitarians, legal scholars - and draws from philosophy, medicine, psychiatry, survivor and torturer narratives, history, feminism, the experience of working intelligence officials, anthropology, and game theory to illustrate that no moral justification for torture can be supported."--BOOK JACKET.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture
General subdivision Moral and ethical aspects.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture.
650 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Torture
General subdivision Aspect moral.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Martelen.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Folter
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ethik
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Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Full call number Barcode Koha item type
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library   27/08/2010 HV8593.M355 10000909 Books
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library   27/08/2010 HV8593.M355 10000860 Books

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