
Raimond Gaita on Torture
Philosophy Bites
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Kant's Anti-Torture Arguments
Emmanuel Kant was famous for saying you should not treat other people as means to an end. Another kind of anti-torture argument that's used is about the intrinsic dignity or autonomy of individuals, often with a Kantian underpinning. I think after Plato, he's the only one who thought it was necessary somehow to make perspicuous to reason. That every human being owed an unconditional respect.
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