Human dignity, humiliation, and torture

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-230

  Luban, David ^a  

^a NONE

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ARTICLE; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TERRORISM; TORTURE; UNITED STATES;

ETHICAL THEORY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; JUDAISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRISONERS; TERRORISM; TORTURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

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