Comments on: Why Torture? Because It Feels Good (at least to “Us”)

By: The Situation of Punishment in Schools « The Situationist

The Situation of Punishment in Schools « The Situationist — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:03:50 +0000

[...] the rest of the piece, click here. Last November, we blogged about Professor Carlsmith’s research on the satisfaction some feel from [...]

By: issabella swan

issabella swan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:23:28 +0000

what the heck

By: Points of Interest, #36 « Mind, Soul, and Body

Points of Interest, #36 « Mind, Soul, and Body — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:34:25 +0000

[...] from an essay by Kevin Carlsmith, a professor of psychology at Colgate University, that argues that the real reason torture is condoned by society is not about safety or information, as torture has been thoroughly proven unreliable in this [...]

By: susan

susan — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:07:40 +0000

Did the American Indian, black slaves, slave children of slave owners (in other words sired by their owners), Mormons moving out west, and people accused of witchcraft consider America champion of human rights? Same stuff, different century.