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Editor's Note |
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Restoring the Rule of Law Christopher H. Pyle |
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Torture and the Ideology of National Security Robert Crawford |
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The Illusion of Accountability: The Idea of an American Truth Commission on Torture Stuart Streichler |
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Deconstructing Ticking-Bomb Arguments Catherine McDonald |
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Defusing the Ticking Social Bomb Argument: The Right to Self-Defensive Torture Uwe Steinhoff |
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Torture Writ Large: The Israeli Occupation Louis Frankenthaler |
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The Necessity Defence and the Myth of the Noble Torturer Jessica Wolfendale |
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What Would Jack Do? The Ethics of Torture in 24 Donal P. O’Mathuna |
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The Torturer’s Apprentice: Psychology and ‘Enhanced Interrogations’ Bryant L. Welch |
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Algeria as Template: Torture and Counter-Insurgency War Marnia Lazreg |
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Faith-Based Torture Liaquat Ali Khan |
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Cranking up the Volume: Music as a Tool of Torture Jonathan Pieslak |
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Book Review 'A Long Experience of War': Gaza in Historical Perspective Michael Theodoulou |
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Book Review Harmony amid Diversity: The Importance of Interfaith Dialogue Adina Friedman |
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Book Review Humanity and Its Landscapes: A Green History Holmes Rolston III |
GLOBAL DIALOGUE
Volume 12 ● Number 1 ● Winter/Spring 2010—Working the Dark Side The Necessity Defence and the Myth of the Noble Torturer
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hen the morality of torture is debated, the debate typically begins and frequently ends with the standard “ticking-bomb” scenario, in which torture is claimed to be necessary to force a captured terrorist to reveal the location of a bomb planted somewhere in a city. Variations of this scenario have appeared in academic debates about torture, in public discourse on torture, and in television programmes such as 24.