Abstract
With recent media coverage of some controversial situations of alleged or proven unethical behavior by authorities in power, torture has vigorously regained centrality in global debates. This entry aims at clarifying what we define as torture, its historical development, the creation of internationally recognized documents and charts, the current cases, and the main theoretical positions revolving around the very notion of torture. This contribution will also give relevance to practices annexed to animal torture, with a particular emphasis to its global implications of the phenomenon.
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This entry is the work product of an employee of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University. However, the statements, opinions, or conclusions contained therein do not necessarily represent the statements, opinions, or conclusions of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University, or the Israeli government.
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Garasic, M.D. (2016). Torture. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09483-0_420
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