Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 What is Torture? 3 Dershowitz on Interrogational Torture 6 Why Write about Torture? 8 The Agenda 11 ... » 

Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 What is Torture? 3 Dershowitz on Interrogational Torture 6 Why Write about Torture? 8 The Agenda 11 2 The Fantasy of the Ticking Bomb Scenario 14 Dershowitzs Argument and the Ticking Bomb 14 Who Tortures? 21 Effectiveness and Time 24 Knowledge and Necessity 31 The Ticking Bomb Scenario Conclusion 38 3 The Consequences of Normalizing Interrogational Torture 40 Some Clarifications 41 Three Positive Claims about the Consequences of Legalizing Interrogational Torture 52 The Institutionalization of Interrogational Torture 57 A Torturous Society 72 4 Torture Death and Philosophy 75 Torture 76 Torture Death and Interrogation 79 Why No Decent Society Can Torture 84 Torture the War on Terror and Intellectual Irresponsibility 85 But What if Torture Really is the Only Possible Way to Avoid Catastrophe? 86 Two Final Points 88 Notes 89 Bibliography 109 Index 117 This timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz s controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation. «