Torture with consent

Philosophical Pathways (230):1-3 (2019)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

There are attempts to define torture which say that a person is only being tortured if the pain inflicted upon them is pain that they have not consented to. In this very brief paper, I recommend that we define torture without this condition.

Author's Profile

Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-10-15

Downloads
1,365 (#11,172)

6 months
178 (#16,766)

Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?