The Torture Debate and the Toleration of Torture: Anderson, Scott A. and Martha C. Nussbaum, eds. Confronting Torture: Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. 356 pp., 35.00 (paperback), ISBN 9780226529417

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  • Author(s): Wolfendale, Jessica (AUTHOR)
  • Source:
    Criminal Justice Ethics. Aug2019, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p138-152. 15p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      TORTURE; TOLERATION; PSYCHOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      Confronting Torture: Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture. Indeed, information gained under torture has led to the torture of innocent people, as occurred to the two men falsely accused by Khalid Sheik Muhammed under torture.[6] Torture's unreliability was recognized very early in the history of torture. Because the torture debate tends to devolve into defenses of or responses to the individualized narrative of torture, a kind of "tunnel vision" results regarding what torture is and the context in which torture occurs. Exploring these connections and developing a deeper understanding of the forms of torture and the ways in which institutional practices, academic debate, and narratives of torture sustain different forms of torture toleration, is an essential next step in the torture debate. [Extracted from the article]
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