Make America cruel again?: a pragmatic analysis of why torture does not work

Brown, Jennifer ORCID: 0000-0002-6395-0244 (2017) Make America cruel again?: a pragmatic analysis of why torture does not work. British Politics and Policy at LSE (30 Jan 2017). Blog Entry.

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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.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author © CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2017 15:02
Last Modified:	09 May 2025 03:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69157

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