Why Not Penal Torture?

I argue here that the practice of penal torture is not intrinsically wrongful. A common objection against the practice of penal torture is that there is something about penal torture that makes it wrongful, while this is not the case for other modes of punishment. I call this claim the asymmetry the...

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Main Author: Grimaldi, Cleo
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2011
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/105
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1103&context=philosophy_theses