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Torture and Moral Integrity - A Philosophical Enquiry (Paperback)
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Torture and Moral Integrity - A Philosophical Enquiry (Paperback)
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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.
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