Torture--Does Timing Matter?
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Author(s)
Hare, Caspar
Date Issued
July 2014
Journal
Journal of Moral Philosophy
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Citation
Hare, Caspar. “Torture--Does Timing Matter?” Journal of Moral Philosophy vol. 11, no. 4, July 2014, pp.385–394.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
Maybe, sometimes, it is permissible to torture so as to prevent truly catastrophic things from happening. Is it sometimes permissible to torture so as to prevent less-than-truly-catastrophic things from happening? Inspired by Frances Kamm, I argue that it is. Treat this result with caution.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01104002
