Make America cruel again?: a pragmatic analysis of why torture does not work
Brown, J.
(30 January 2017)
Make America cruel again?: a pragmatic analysis of why torture does not work.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
(30 January 2017)
Make America cruel again?: a pragmatic analysis of why torture does not work.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Jennifer Brown reviews some of the psychological evidence challenging the assumption that torture works as an interrogation technique. In light of Donald Trump’s recent comments on the use of torture, she suggests that the moral case is more effective in persuading people to oppose torture than pragmatic arguments.