Tortura

Is torture acceptable under any circumstances? Is it legitimate to resort to it if, for example, there is a terrorist who does not want to reveal the location of a bomb about to explode?. Many politicians and thinkers think so, and some of them have even elaborated complex theories to support this controversial position: among them, that of Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, author of the most sophisticated attempt to turn torture into a crime, stands out. legitimate and visible weapon of war against terrorism, at least in those so-called "time bomb" scenarios. Bob Brecher, author of this essay, takes the opposite path and courageously points out the pressing need to expose the fundamental flaws of these postulates, in order to prevent democratic societies from losing their moral compass and stop demanding their governments to render proper accounts of the management of violence and emergencies. Timely and relentless in its analysis, this book is the first to address the arguments in favor of legalizing torture in interrogation directly. Brecher radically confronts them, demonstrating the ineffectiveness of torture and extracting the practical and ethical implications that derive from it in politics and on the society in which we live.