The Fire-Raisers: Bentham and Torture
Jeremy Bentham has frequently been regarded as the father of the ‘ticking bomb’ argument in defence of interrogational torture. The first part of this article draws attention to a transformation in his theory of torture between about 1777 and 1804. His later work anticipates the modern utilitarian c...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2012-12-01
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| Series: | 19 |
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| Online Access: | http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1667/ |