Abstract
THE PUBLIC outcry over Professor Mirko Bagaric's condoning of torture has been visceral and instinctive. This "alarmist and reflexive" response is derided by Bagaric as "emotive", and compared unfavourably to the rational debate being undertaken in the US. Yet it is the very intuitive nature of our response that we should celebrate. That so many find the arguments to be abhorrent to a fundamental moral code reflects well on the state of our society and, indirectly, on the strength of the prohibition against torture as a binding and universal norm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 3pp |
| No. | Tuesday, 24 May 2005 |
| Specialist publication | The Canberra Times |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |