Is torture ever justified?
By: Tamara L. Roleff, book editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737750911; 9780737750928
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Enhanced interrogation methods are not justified or necessary / Barack Obama; title: Enhanced interrogation methods are legal, justified, and necessary / Richard B. Cheney; title: Torture is sometimes justified / Mirko Bagaric; title: Torture is never justified / Becky Akers; title: Coercive interrogation methods are necessary to protect the United States / John Yoo; title: Waterboarding is torture / Christopher Hitchens; title: Waterboarding is not torture / Andrew C. McCarthy; title: It is difficult to know what is torture and what is not / Andrew Coyne; title: Torture takes many forms / Khaled Shaik Mohammed; title: Torture provides useful information / Michael Hayden and Michael B. Mukasey; title: Other interrogation methods provide more reliable information than torture / Ali Soufan; title: Torture raises questions about democratic values / Frida Ghitis; title: Torture is permissible in a democracy / Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke.