Title: Torture and Dignity
Description: In this unflinching look at the experience of suffering and one of its greatest manifestations - torture, the author critiques the repressions of traditional moral theory, showing that our morals are not immutable ideals but fragile constructions that depend on our experience of suffering itself. Morals, Bernstein argues, not only guide our conduct but also express the depth of mutual dependence that we share as vulnerable and injurable individuals.
Subjects: Torture, Moral and ethical aspects, Rape, Trust, Social aspects, Ethics, Beccaria, cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794, Political science, history, Political science, philosophy