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Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry
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Torture and Moral Integrity is about the wrongness of torture and about the nature of morality. It lengthily discusses multiple types of torture with great philosophical acuity, and it seeks to explain why interrogational torture and other types of torture are always and everywhere morally wrong. At the same time, it rigorously plumbs the general structure of morality and the intricacies of moral conflicts, and it probes some of the chief grounds for the moral illegitimacy of various modes of conduct. It sophisticatedly defends a deontological conception of morality against some subtle critiques that have been mounted during the past few decades by proponents of consequentialism. The book tackles a concrete moral problem–a problem heatedly debated during recent years in the governmental and military institutions of many countries as well as in academic circles–and it likewise tackles some very abstract issues in moral and political philosophy. Moreover, as becomes apparent at numerous junctures, the abstract ruminations and the concrete prescriptions are closely connected. For example, the author's recommendations concerning the legal consequences of the perpetration of torture by public officials or private individuals are based squarely on his more abstract accounts of the nature of torture and the nature of morality. His philosophical reflections on the structure of morality are the vital background for his approach to torture, and his approach to torture is a natural outg…
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Kramer argues interrogational torture may be weakly morally justified under extremely particular circumstances, such as the ticking time bomb.
“Kramer argues that interrogational torture may be weakly morally justified under extremely particular circumstances, such as the ticking time bomb (Kramer 2014, 212).”
From Vigilantism in Moral Philosophy (2017) · cites this paper as Kramer 2014, 212
Kramer argues the accountability factor can balance out psychological harms to the victim and perpetrator of interrogational torture.
“He argues that the accountability factor can balance out the psychological harms to the victim and perpetrator of interrogational torture, by affirming the victim's status and by making the perpetrator face the consequences of their actions.”
From Vigilantism in Moral Philosophy (2017) · cites this paper as Kramer 2014
Kramer suggests moral permissibility should be sub-divided into strongly morally justified actions and weakly morally justified actions.
“In his book Torture and Moral Integrity, Matthew Kramer suggests that moral permissibility should be sub-divided into strongly morally justified actions and weakly morally justified actions (Kramer 2014, 5).”
From Vigilantism in Moral Philosophy (2017) · cites this paper as Kramer 2014, 5
Like torturers, perpetrators of vigilantism display a god-like arrogance that is disturbing and problematic within a civil society.
“Like torturers, perpetrators of vigilantism display a kind of god-like arrogance, which is extremely disturbing and problematic within a civil society (Kramer 2014, 191).”
From Vigilantism in Moral Philosophy (2017) · cites this paper as Kramer 2014, 191
As argued by Matthew Kramer, there are damaging psychological effects to acting above the law without consequences.
“As argued by Matthew Kramer, there are damaging psychological effects to acting above the law without consequences.”
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- Authors
- Kramer, M. H.
- Corresponding author
- Kramer, Matthew H.
- ORCID
- Kramer, Matthew H.
- Venue
- Oxford University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2014-04-07
- OpenAlex
- W4253291747
- Cited by
- 98
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 4.14
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Torture, Ethics, and Law
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › War, Ethics, and Justification
- Keywords
- torture, moral integrity, deontology, consequentialism, moral conflict
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