Philosophy Talk. When Democracies Torture

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But despite the fact that 157 countries ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, it is still practiced in many states to this day. Moreover, while we might associate torture with dictatorships, liberal democracies pioneered the modern techniques that leave no physical trace. So why do democracies torture? Can calling torture by other names, such as enhanced interrogation, really resolve the deep conflict between what we say and what we do? Or has the taboo against torture finally been broken? John and Ken enhance their interrogation of Darius Rejali from Reed College, author of Torture and Democracy.

Description

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KOPB (Radio station : Portland, Or.)Oregon
Date created	April 26, 2015
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Creators/Contributors

Speaker	Perry, John, 1943-
Speaker	Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954-2019
Producer	Ben Manilla Productions, Inc.

Subjects

Subject	Torture
Subject	Democracy
Subject	Human rights
Genre	Radio talk shows

Bibliographic information

philosophytalk.org show page	Title When Democracies Torture
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	375.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/kd470qd0025
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Philosophy Talk, 2002-

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