Opis: Torture and Dignity - J. M. Bernstein

In this unflinching look at the experience of suffering and one of its greatest manifestations-torture-J.M. Bernstein critiques the repressions of traditional moral theory, showing that our morals are not immutable ideals but fragile constructions that depend on our experience of suffering itself. Morals, Bernstein argues, not only guide our conduct but also express the depth of mutual dependence that we share as vulnerable and injurable individuals. Beginning with the attempts to abolish torture in the eighteenth century, and then sensitively examining what is suffered in torture and related transgressions, such as rape, Bernstein elaborates a powerful new conception of moral injury. Crucially, he shows, moral injury always involves an injury to the status of an individual as a person-it is a violent assault against his or her dignity. Elaborating on this critical element of moral injury, he demonstrates that the mutual recognitions of trust form the invisible substance of our moral lives, that dignity is a fragile social possession, and that the perspective of ourselves as potential victims is an ineliminable feature of everyday moral experience. There is a lot we can learn from topics most of us would rather avoid thinking about. Here, Bernstein does much of the difficult work for us, bringing rape and torture into the general discussions of human dignity, moral injury, and the nature of persons. A much-needed book, and brilliantly argued. --Linda Martin Alcoff, author of The Future of Whiteness"

Szczegóły: Torture and Dignity - J. M. Bernstein

Tytuł: Torture and Dignity
Autor: J. M. Bernstein
Producent: Chicago University Press
ISBN: 9780226266329
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 408
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.59 kg

Recenzje: Torture and Dignity - J. M. Bernstein