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1a) Our justice system has always stated " innocent until proven guilty." The war in Iraq has brought out several ethical dilemmas since significant changes in the military action and homeland security. Holding terrorists suspects without legal representation, charges or court hearings is almost absurd. However, using the paradigm model, it really explains itself. The paradigm of short term versus long term is best suited for this type of dilemma. The government is taking immediate present action, due to the need of human safety since 9/11 and hoping this will help build the future. However, they government at the same time could be risking the future by holding the suspects without normal U.S. laws and court procedures. Is the government …show more content…

This in no way is a good for mankind in general. Torturing another being of your kind is an absolute anarchy! The right versus right dilemma in this case is truth versus loyalty. The soldiers involved in the torturing may not all want to be involved in the acts, and possibly got the information from the suspect and wants to report it. However, if majority of the troops wanted to do torturing acts, high ranking officers wanted to, would you say no? Peer pressure has been the most influential stimulant for centuries. Battling alongside the group of men and women for months, sometimes for years, loyalty and bonds are formed. This is an ethical dilemma that I find really boggling. The resolution I would use in this dilemma would be the Care-based model. "Do onto others, as you would want done to you" is a saying parents have been using for years, could they be more true? If they were in another country and were captured, I highly doubt they'd give up information and secrets about military or government plans. If that occurred, he would be looked upon as a traitor. The government needs to stick to human rights principles and stick by the book in imprisonment …show more content…

It's a fact: Sex does indeed sell. It's not a mystery anymore, the secret is no longer. For instance, if a mother with teenage daughters was working for an advertisement company, and her boss told her to go advertise that the company needed high school girls to model their product, that being provocative clothing that promoted sex. The money/salary the mother makes, drives her ambition to sell the product. However, her boss wants her to go promote the product at a high school. The mother feels like she has an obligation to her fellow mothers in her community whose daughters might be promoting the

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