{"product_id":"9781405162012","title":"Torture and the Ticking Bomb","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Public Philosophy Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTorture and the Ticking Bomb\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBob Brecher\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be countered\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian grounds\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eForms part of the provocative and timely \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Public Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eBob Brecher\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Moral Philosophy at the University of Brighton, UK and Director of its Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics. He is the author of two previous books, \u003ci\u003eAnselm's Argument: the Logic of Divine Existence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGetting What You Want?: a Critique of Liberal Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (1998). He has published widely in ethics and social and political philosophy and was the founding editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eRes Publica\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 September 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405162012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e136\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380572057740,"sku":"9781405162012","price":90.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405162012_06186995-a3bc-421a-a799-ad7b249b4346.jpg?v=1780104471","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405162012","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}