Killing and the Wrongness of Torture
How can just warriors prohibit torture absolutely while still allowing that killing can be just? The best arguments for torture's wrongness and impermissibility seem to suggest that killing, too, is always wrong. If torture is wrong because it attacks 'imago Dei', why isn't killi...
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 181-198 |
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