The Torturer's Dilemma
A Theoretical Analysis of the Societal Consequences of Torturing Terrorist Suspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12407259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vladimir A Lefebvre (University of California, Irvine, corresponding author), Jonathan David Farley (0000-0003-3247-6014, Stanford University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 635-646 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10576100701385974 |
| OpenAlex | W2053456652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Terrorism today is one of the main threats to Western civilization. Almost as dire a threat is the fight against terrorism itself. A broad spectrum of antiterrorism measures may significantly change the nature of society by destroying those forms of cooperative activity that underlie Western culture. This threat becomes obvious with an analysis of mathematical models of human moral behavior
Civilization · Computer security · Criminology · Dilemma · Epistemology · Moral dilemma · Political science · Terrorism · Western culture · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |