Torture--Does Timing Matter?

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Hare, Caspar
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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.
Date issued
2014-07
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104856
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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.
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
1740-4681
1745-5243
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