Torture
Subtitle: religious ethics and national security
By: John Perry.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Maryknoll, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781570756078
Subjects: Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Torture -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.; Terrorism investigation -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A Catholic perspective on torture; title: Why torture is different from other warlike actions; title: Why torture?; title: Why torture is wrong; title: Torturers; title: The tortured; title: The church and torture in the twentieth century; title: Justice and forgiveness; title: Conclusion.