Understanding Torture

by J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Book Overview

Despite Victor Hugo's proclamation (in the 19th-century) that torture no longer exists, we find it in virtually every corner of the world - even now, even in those nations that claim to be paradigms of civility.In this important new book, J. Jeremy Wisnewski examines and explains the moral dimensions of this perennial practice, paying careful attention to what lessons torture can teach us about our own moral psychology. Why is it that torture still...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748635386
• ISBN13: 9780748635382
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"