Confronting Torture
Essays on the Ethics, Legality, History, and Psychology of Torture Today
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Introduction
SCOTT A. ANDERSON
PART I: A TRIUMPH OVER TORTURE, TOLD BY A SURVIVOR
ONE / Tales of Terrorism and Torture: The Soft Vengeance of Justice
ALBIE SACHS
PART II : PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TORTURE
TWO / The Many Faces of Torture: A Psychological Perspective
WILLIAM GORMAN AND SANDRA G. ZAKOWSKI
THREE / Stoic Equanimity in the Face of Torture
NANCY SHERMAN
FOUR / Gender Performance Requirements of the US Military in the War on Islamic Terrorism
MARY ANNE CASE
PART III: TORTURE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
FIVE / The Fragility of Evidence: Torture in Ancient Rome
KATHLEEN M. COLEMAN
SIX / US Torture of Prisoners of War in Historical Perspective: The Role of Delegitimization
CHRISTOPHER J. EINOLF
SEVEN / Police Interrogation and Coercion in Domestic American History: Lessons for the War on Terror
RICHARD A. LEO AND K. ALEXA KOENIG
PART IV : THE ETHICS OF TORTURE
EIGHT / The Ticking Bomb Hypothetical
MARCIA BARON
NINE / Torture and Method in Moral Philosophy
JEFF MCMAHAN
TEN / Torture, Self- Defense, and Fighting Dirty
DAVID SUSSMAN
ELEVEN / Torture as Unjust Means of War: To Squelch the Sirens’ Singing
SCOTT A. ANDERSON
PART V: TORTURE IN US LAW AND POLICY
TWELVE / Torture and Positive Law: Jurisprudence for the White House
JEREMY WALDRON
THIRTEEN / In Defense of Lawfare: The Value of Litigation in Challenging Torture
LISA HAJJAR
FOURTEEN / Tortured Prosecutions: Holding Private Military Contractors Accountable
GARRETT ORDOWER
List of Contributors
Index
Law and Legal Studies: Law and Society
Philosophy: Ethics
Political Science: Public Policy
Psychology: Social Psychology
Sociology: Social Change, Social Movements, Political Sociology
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