Professor Michael Bratman (Stanford University) gives the 8th Routledge Lecture in Philosophy. Human beings act together in characteristic ways, and these forms of shared intentional and shared cooperative activity matter to us a great deal. Think of friendship, singing duets, and the joys of...

Professor Michael Bratman (Stanford University) gives the 8th Routledge Lecture in Philosophy. Human beings act together in characteristic ways, and these forms of shared intentional and shared cooperative activity matter to us a great deal. Think of friendship, singing duets, and the joys of...

More than 20 years ago, international law declared torture a crime that can never be justified and yet governments continue to do it. Professor David Luban examines the ethical issues surrounding its use. Lecture sponsored by Routledge. Recorded 21 October 2011.