An empirical critique of interrogational torture

Journal of Social Philosophy 43 (4):457-470 (2012)
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The paper describes the consequences of the failure of defences of torture to engage with interdisciplinary empirical literature on torture. It argues that the validity of existing defences of torture can only be asserted in the absence of consideration of the nature of torture and its actual impacts.

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10.1111/josp.12004

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