Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture

For the past year and a half, I’ve been working on a book tentatively entitled Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs and Torture; it’s under contract with University of Chicago Press and should be out by the early 2011.  In the meantime, draft chapters are posted for those who want to start reading.  Feedback is welcome from anyone, though I would just ask you not to cite to the unpublished drafts.  (Radio interviews are also available.)

Front Matter (including detailed contents)

Preface

Part I:  Terrorism

Chapter 1:  What Is Terrorism?

Chapter 2:  The Moral Status of Terrorism

Chapter 3:  The War on Terror and the Ethics of Exceptionalism

Part II:  Torture and Ticking Time-Bombs

Chapter 4:  Conceptual and Moral Foundations of Torture

Chapter 5:  Ticking Time-Bomb Methodology

Chapter 6:  Should We Torture in Ticking Time-Bomb Cases?

Part III:  Torture in the Real World

Chapter 7:  Empirical Objections to Torture

Chapter 8:  Ex Ante and Ex Post Justifications

Chapter 9:  The Limits of Torture

 

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