Bellaby, R. (2015) Torture-Lite: An Ethical Middle-Ground? International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 29 (2). pp. 177-190. ISSN 0739-098X
Abstract
Torture-lite has been advanced as a new form of interrogation that raises the prospect of offering a more ethical way of colleting the intelligence needed to protect the state. However, this paper will argue that there can be no such thing as torture-lite as this misunderstands what interrogational torture is in the first place. Interrogational torture is a form of behavioural modification that relies on breaking the individual and conditioning their responses. Torture-lite would never be able to create the self-betraying effect necessary for cases such as the ticking time bomb scenario without crossing over into the higher harms caused by full torture, and is unable to force the individual to provide the required information to serve as the good in the consequentialist argument.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 International Journal of Applied Philosophy. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Applied Philosophy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2015 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2024 14:53 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/ijap201612048 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5840/ijap201612048 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91419 |