Taxonomy of Torture By Phillip Carter What is torture? Euphemisms like “stress position” cover a wide range of practices, from the merely uncomfortable to the wickedly cruel and painful. At Slate, we have wrestled with the definitions of abuse and torture and how best to present these morally and legally complicated terms. The taxonomy follows…
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Futility is… Torturing people to increase intelligence. (Gee, I don’t feel more intelligent…): The slippery slope of torturing prisoners by Stephen Retherford