Torture and Moral Integrity | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780198842590 | Torture and Moral Integrity | A Philosophical Enquiry | Kramer | Buch

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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.

Über den Autor

Matthew H. Kramer is Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge; Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge; and Director of the Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy. He is the author of thirteen previous books and the co-editor of four other books.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction I: Moral Conflicts and Deontology
2: Introduction II: What is Torture?
3: Why Torture is Wrong
4: The Rationality of Deontological Constraints
5: Legal Responses to Torture
Bibliography

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Recht
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780198842590
ISBN-10:	0198842597
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kramer, Matthew H.
Hersteller:	OXFORD UNIV PR
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew H. Kramer
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.04.2019
Gewicht:	0,541 kg