Moral exclusion and torture: The ticking bomb scenario and the slippery ethical slope

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Opotow, Susan ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 38149032950     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10781910701727343     Document Type: Note

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