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[Yuval Ginbar] ☆ Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the "Ticking Bomb" Justification for Torture (Oxford Monographs in International Law) ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the "Ticking Bomb" Justification for Torture (Oxford Monographs in International Law) Well Constructed Argument Against Torture Astrid H Very convincingly written by Yuval Ginbar on why torturing terrorists in a Ticking Bomb Situation (TBS) is not an isolated act, but an act that destroys our humanity. Ginbar focused on the "big picture" of humanity in such situations and does not buy the consequentialist argument in support of torture. Instead, only a deontological approach can prevent humans from demonising themselves or stooping to the level of the terrorists. Ginbar used a "p
| Title | : | Why Not Torture Terrorists?: Moral, Practical and Legal Aspects of the "Ticking Bomb" Justification for Torture (Oxford Monographs in International Law) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.15 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199571236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
Well Constructed Argument Against Torture Astrid H Very convincingly written by Yuval Ginbar on why torturing terrorists in a Ticking Bomb Situation (TBS) is not an isolated act, but an act that destroys our humanity. Ginbar focused on the "big picture" of humanity in such situations and does not buy the consequentialist argument in support of torture. Instead, only a deontological approach can prevent humans from demonising themselves or stooping to the level of the terrorists. Ginbar used a "progressive" approach to argue against the use of torture in TBS, first exploring issues of morality in both the private and public spheres and then the (il)legality of torture before exposing
Yuval Ginbar serves as a legal adviser to Amnesty International and a senior adviser to the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel.
It then looks at the issues that arise once a state has decided to sanction torture in certain situations: how to establish factually that the situation is urgent, deciding who to torture, training people to carry out torture, and the efficacy of torture as a means of gathering information. The final part examines attempts to operate legal systems which tolerate torture; how they relate to the criminal law notion of necessity and to international human rights norms. After examining the utilitarian arguments for torture, and the im
The author's writing style is as vivid as the best (worst) scenes one could dream up, in this all-too-real fact of the contemporary War on Terror." --ASIL UN21 Newsletter, Issue #42, September 2011. "One cannot imagine a contemporary International Law course that does not touch upon, if not devote a significant amount of time to, the issue raised in this book
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