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Review Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 9

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

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Review Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 9

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

This journal has been discontinued. Any issues are available to purchase separately.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443845817

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The Ethics of Torture

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski,R.D. Emerick

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Torture has recently been the subject of some sensational headlines. As a result, there has been a huge surge in interest in the ethical implications of this contentious issue. The Ethics of Torture offers the first complete introduction to the philosophical debates surrounding torture. The book asks key questions in light of recent events such as the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib. What makes torture morally reprehensible? Are there any conditions under which torture is acceptable? What is it like to be tortured, and why do people engage in torture? The authors argue that the force of the most common arguments for torture (like the ticking-bomb argument) are significantly overestimated, while the wrongness of torture has been significantly underestimated-even by those who argue against it. This is the ideal introduction to the ethics of torture for students of moral philosophy or political theory. It also constitutes a significant contribution to the torture debate in its own right, presenting a unique approach to investigating this dark practice.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441197982

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9781441197986

The Politics of Agency

Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

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The Politics of Agency

Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Philosophical Anthropology

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Debates about individualism and holism, reductionism and phenomenology, and naturalism and humanism all turn on how we answer the basic questions about the nature of human agency. This book argues that the traditional emphasis on the accuracy of a given theory of human agency has systematically obscured the normative dimension in these theories and that recognizing this normative dimension allows us to see that a pragmatic approach to theories of agency, either in social science or moral philosophy, is more appropriate. As well as offering a vigorous presentation of the pragmatic-therapeutic account of agency Wisnewski also engages critically with three rival accounts from Nietzsche, Foucault and Rorty.

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Routledge

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1351883879

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9781351883870

Understanding Torture

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

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Understanding Torture

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Understanding Torture surveys the massive literature surrounding torture, arguing that, once properly understood, there can be no defense of torture in any circumstances.

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Edinburgh University Press

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074868672X

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9780748686728

Living with the Dead

On Death, the Dead, and Immortality

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

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Living with the Dead

On Death, the Dead, and Immortality

By: J. Jeremy Wisnewski

This book explores the moral place of the dead in our lives and in our afterlives. It argues that our lives are saturated by the past intentions and values of the dead, and that we offer the dead a form of modest immortality by fulfilling our obligations to remember them. In the first part of the book, the author examines the scope and limits of our obligations to the dead. Our obligations to respect the wishes of the dead are more substantial than commonly acknowledged, but they can be overridden in a range of cases when they conflict with the vital interests of the living, such as in organ donation and wealth inheritance. By contrast, the author contends that the obligation to remember, at least collectively, cannot be completely overridden. In the second part of the book, the author argues that tradition offers the dead a form of modest immortality—the dead live on insofar as we enact those intentional states with which they most identified. He draws on the Confucian view of ritual to argue that ritual absorption "reincarnates" the dead in the actions of the living. Finally, the author defends a Jamesian account of a pluralistic self that is consistent with the view that we have obligations to the individual dead and that the selves of the dead are pragmatic constructions. Living with the Dead will appeal to scholars and students interested in the philosophy of death, ethics, and cross-cultural philosophy.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000867854

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Book's by J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Review Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 9

Review Journal of Political Philosophy, Volume 9

The Ethics of Torture

The Ethics of Torture

The Politics of Agency

The Politics of Agency

Understanding Torture

Understanding Torture

Living with the Dead

Living with the Dead

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