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Torture and the Ticking Bomb - Bob Brecher

Description: ISBN 1405162023 / Genre: Politics / Society / Philosophy / Author: Bob Brecher / Paperback / 136 Pages / Book is published 2007-08-01 by ... more

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Newest Review: ... the position of Dershowitz, he states that to stop the use of torture behind closed doors, it should be brought into the open ... more

... by the use of a judicial warrant. The main focus of the book is deconstructing the argument of Dershowitz and then to give an answer as to why Deshowitz's position is unattainable. The way that Breacher does this is first through the use of natural law theory (best known as the human rights argument that no person should be tortured under any circumstances) and then on Dershowitz's own grounds of his own argument, Utilitarianism (Utility can best be summarised as the greatest happiness for the greatest number,...more

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Torturer and the Ticking Bomb is the book by Bob Breacher, reader of moral philosophy at the University of Brighton. What this book is about is, examining what are the claims to allow torture and what he believes is the correct answer. The reason that I purchased this book, was because of my legal philosophy course work on the subject of torture and the differing philosophy points of view on the subject. Within the book Breacher summaries the argument put forward by one of the leading calls for the introduction of torture, Alan Dershowitz. To summarise the position of Dershowitz, he states that to stop the use of torture behind closed doors, it ... Read the complete review

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