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Torture and the Ticking Bomb
Bob Brecher
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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
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"Brecher relentlessly deconstructs the most misleading hypothetical of our time. His lively and valuable book shows that even 'noble cause' torture is always counterproductive." Geoffrey Robertson QC, Doughty Street Chambers <!--end--> "(Dershowitz's) premise is subjected to a withering scrutiny in this brilliant deconstruction by the moral philosopher Bob Brecher. In a comprehensive critique of the 'ticking bomb' hypothesis, Brecher exposes the moral and intellectual flaws in Dershowitz's arguments and shows how easily such pragmatic rationalisations can open the door to the creation of a 'tortuous society'. It's a task that Brecher accomplishes with grace, moral passion and unswerving logic." Red Pepper, March 2008 "Quite simply, this book is the most powerful and comprehensive challenge available to a piece of intellectual fraud having wide commerce today - that under some hypothetical situation the infliction of pain to break another's will is morally justifiable. The ticking bomb, in Brecher's analysis, is a fantasy that hardly yields grounds sufficient for the employment of interrogational torture. Here the philosopher's role towards that fantasy is quite clear: debunk it!" Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Youngstown State University "A splendid attack on the appalling idea of legalising torture." Will Podmore "A salutary antidote to those who would waver on the issue [of torture]...Brecher opens up the wider utilitarian implications that arise." Planet Magazine "Brecher ... does not reflexively dismiss the advocates of torture ... .He carefully cites the errors of their arguments, using logic, expert opinion, and moral reasoning."
"Brecher relentlessly deconstructs the most misleading hypothetical of our time. His lively and valuable book shows that even 'noble cause' torture is always counterproductive." Geoffrey Robertson QC, Doughty Street Chambers <!--end--> "(Dershowitz's) premise is subjected to a withering scrutiny in this brilliant deconstruction by the moral philosopher Bob Brecher. In a comprehensive critique of the 'ticking bomb' hypothesis, Brecher exposes the moral and intellectual flaws in Dershowitz's arguments and shows how easily such pragmatic rationalisations can open the door to the creation of a 'tortuous society'. It's a task that Brecher accomplishes with grace, moral passion and unswerving logic." Red Pepper, March 2008 "Quite simply, this book is the most powerful and comprehensive challenge available to a piece of intellectual fraud having wide commerce today - that under some hypothetical situation the infliction of pain to break another's will is morally justifiable. The ticking bomb, in Brecher's analysis, is a fantasy that hardly yields grounds sufficient for the employment of interrogational torture. Here the philosopher's role towards that fantasy is quite clear: debunk it!" Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, Youngstown State University "A splendid attack on the appalling idea of legalising torture." Will Podmore "A salutary antidote to those who would waver on the issue [of torture]...Brecher opens up the wider utilitarian implications that arise." Planet Magazine "Brecher ... does not reflexively dismiss the advocates of torture ... .He carefully cites the errors of their arguments, using logic, expert opinion, and moral reasoning."
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Angewandte Ethik, Ethics, Political & Economic Philosophy, Politische u. Ökonomische Philosophie, Applied Ethics, Philosophy, Philosophie, Ethik