Torture--Does Timing Matter?

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hare, Caspar
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104856
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