Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Department Colloquium: Dr. Tiel on Torture!


The Department of Philosophy will host the following presentation:

“On Torture”
by
Dr. Jeffrey Tiel

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
3:00 pm in the Schar Ronk Lecture Hall



Torture involves the deliberate infliction of (intense) pain for coercive or punishment reasons.  Are there any conditions under which torture can be justified?  Dr. Tiel will argue that such conditions exist, and that it may be ethically justifiable to torture someone in specific kinds of interrogative cases.

However, while an action is ethically justifiable, that does not entail that it ought to be generally adopted.  Several potent constitutional and sociological concerns will be raised and considered.

Come for an enlightening and lively discussion.  All are welcome!



Sponsored by the AU Philosophy Club and the Ohio Mu chapter of Phi Sigma Tau, in conjunction with The Department of Philosophy







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