{"product_id":"torture-and-the-ticking-bomb-paperback","title":"Torture and the Ticking Bomb - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBob Brecher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForms part of the provocative and timely \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Public Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDo you really think torture is acceptable in any circumstances?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe controversial arguments of Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz supporting the legalisation of torture in so-called \"ticking bomb\" scenarios represent the most sophisticated and visible of recent attempts to make torture an accepted weapon in the war on terror.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStates and other agents engage in torture, as both sides of the debate accept. According to Bob Brecher, it is precisely because the general public are taking the \"new realism\" of Dershowitz and others seriously that there is a pressing need to expose the fundamental flaws in their arguments, lest the peoples of democratic societies lose their moral compass and fail to be vigilant in holding their governments properly to account.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely and passionate book is the first to address itself directly to the arguments for legalising the limited use of interrogational torture. Brecher confronts those arguments head-on, examining the efficacy of torture and drawing out the practical implications for policy as well as the ethical implications of these proposals for the kind of society we live in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBob Brecher\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Moral Philosophy at the University of Brighton, UK and Director of its Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics. He is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eAnselm's Argument: the Logic of Divine Existence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGetting What You Want?: a Critique of Liberal Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). He has published widely in ethics and social and political philosophy and was the founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eRes Publica\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.96 x 6.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471354871986,"sku":"9781405162029","price":51.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/torture-and-the-ticking-bomb-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}