What kind of person could be a torturer?

Journal of Religious Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-92

  Reeder Jr , John P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Dirty hands; Empathy; Obedience; Realism; Sadism; Torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950960670     PISSN: 03849694     EISSN: 14679795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2009.00415.x     Document Type: Review

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