February 21, 2010
Sunday Reading
My torture piece from the other day has been receiving a bit of attention, so I thought I’d pursue it.
I wanted to jump into the “are Amnesty International a bunch of relativists who abandoned a true commitment to human rights in order to suck up to Osama bin Laden and rag on America?” debate, but thankfully I don’t need to. Flying Rodent has covered it here.
Then I was going to say something more about torture and philosophy. But there’s probably no point as thanks to James I can link you to this superb article by Jeremy Waldron. Waldron is a master of the art, so read what he has to say.
Finally for anyone with a continued taste for torture as it ends up being applied in the real world, two more articles suggested by Jimmy Hill and Peter in previous comments are worth a read: here and here.
I’ll try and have something to say for myself later today, or tomorrow. Until then, happy clicking.
