Spirituality and the ethics of torture
By: Derek S. Jeffreys.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects; Torture -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The soul is somehow all that exists : spirituality and human dignity; title: Breaking the will : spirituality and the definition of torture; title: Assaulting the spirit : why torture is wrong; title: Does torture work? : consequentialism's failures; title: No reason to torture : dirty hands and spiritual damage; title: Machiavelli's challenge : torture and memory.