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portada How to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781912248582

How to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario

Alex Adams (Author) · Repeater · Paperback

How to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario - Alex Adams

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Synopsis "How to Justify Torture: Inside the Ticking Bomb Scenario "

From Batman Begins to Tom Clancy, How to Justify Torture shows how contemporary culture creates simplified narratives about good guy torturers and bad guy victims, how dangerous this is politically, and what we can do to challenge it.If there was a bomb hidden somewhere in a major city, and you had the person responsible in your custody, would you torture them to get the information needed to stop the bomb exploding, preventing a devastating terrorist attack and saving thousands of lives?This is the ticking bomb scenario -- a thought experiment designed to demonstrate that torture can be justified.In How to Justify Torture, cultural critic Alex Adams examines the ticking bomb scenario in-depth, looking at the ways it is presented in films, novels, and TV shows -- from Batman Begins and Dirty Harry to French military thrillers and home invasion narratives. By critiquing its argument step by step, this short, provocative book reminds us that, despite what the ticking bomb scenario will have us believe, torture can never be justified.

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