Because it is wrong : torture, privacy and presidential power in the age of terror /
By: Fried, Charles
Title By: Fried, Gregory
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BookPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.Edition: 1st ed.Description: 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780393069518; 0393069516Subject(s): Torture -- Moral and ethical aspects | Terrorism -- Prevention -- Moral and ethical aspects | Torture -- Ethical aspects | Terrorism -- Prevention -- Ethical aspectsDDC classification: 172/.2 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Explores the controversies over the government's methods of extracting information in order to thwart further acts of terrorism, and discusses the policies and justifications of the Bush administration.
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 172.2 FR BE (Browse shelf) | Available | T0041635 |
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| 172 LI WA The way things ought to be / | 172 WO ET Ethics and public policy : | 172.2 BO PU Public service ethics : | 172.2 FR BE Because it is wrong : | 172.2 SH MA Managing in the public sector : | 172.4 GL OB Global political theory | 172.4 ME WH Why leaders lie : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-202) and index.
Introduction -- Absolutely wrong -- Bordering on torture -- The big ear -- No beginning or no end -- Learning not to be good.
Explores the controversies over the government's methods of extracting information in order to thwart further acts of terrorism, and discusses the policies and justifications of the Bush administration.
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Adult.