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Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry
Contributor(s): Kramer, Matthew H. (Author)
ISBN: 0198842597     ISBN-13: 9780198842590
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $47.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Jurisprudence
- Political Science
- Law | Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Dewey: 172.2
LCCN: 2013957961
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 368 pages
 
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Torture and Moral Integrity tackles a concrete moral problem that has been hotly debated by governments, scholars, and the media: the morality of interrogational torture. It discusses multiple types of torture with great philosophical acuity and seeks to explain why interrogational torture and
other types of torture are always and everywhere morally wrong. At the same time, it rigorously plumbs the general structure of morality and the intricacies of moral conflicts and probes some of the chief grounds for the moral illegitimacy of various modes of conduct. It defends a deontological
conception of morality against the subtle critiques that have been mounted over the past few decades by proponents of consequentialism.

Kramer's recommendations concerning the legal consequences of the perpetration of torture by public officials or private individuals, for example, are based squarely on his more abstract accounts of the nature of torture and the nature of morality. His philosophical reflections on the structure of
morality are a vital background for his approach to torture, and his approach to torture is a natural outgrowth of those philosophical reflections.