Why Is Waterboarding Unethical
Waterboarding is a torture technique used by military personnel to retrieve information, or at least attempt, from terrorist during investigations. In recent events Donald Trump has stated “…it actually works…” and it’s time to “…fight fire with fire.”(“Donald Trump says torture ‘absolutely works’—but does it?) However, despite the theory that it works, many other factors apply to the reasoning of why it should not be used. Waterboarding is a torturous, unethical, murderous method of interrogation and should be illegal.
Waterboarding causes the sensation of drowning without physically holding a person’s head under water. Water is poured over a cloth or rag covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. This is torture. The captive individual is questioned and interrogated in between the water being poured. Not only is this method tortuous, but it is also unethical. …show more content…
The U.S military may be instructed to use this method during an interrogation, such as during President George W Bush’s presidency; however, it is extremely unethical and violates human beings basic rights.
Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or conducting of an activity. Murder is an unethical action and therefore a person whom preforms or involves themselves in the process of waterboarding, associates themselves with negative or unethical values. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) are three of the top rights for people. Waterboarding violates every single one of those rights as a human being. Although waterboarding may not kill the victim immediately, but over time more often than not, the victim will experience medical complications eventually leading to
death.
Waterboarding is ultimately murder. Not only can it cause a person to go into sudden death, it causes many after effects that will lead to a slow and painful death. It causes extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to the lungs and brain, oxygen deprivation, and other physical injuries due to the restraints used to hold the victim down. It may also cause aspiration of vomitus, which is an inhalation of regurgitated gastric content into the pulmonary system, essentially burning the inside of the lungs with stomach acid. This is causing intentional and torturous harm to the victim to the point of death. These are only a few reasons why waterboarding should be banned and never used again. This form of interrogation causes more harm than it helps. Violating basic human rights and showing unethical values is not how a country should get information from anyone.
Work Cited
"Donald Trump says torture 'absolutely works' -- but does it?" CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights." United Nations. United Nations, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
Waterboarding causes the sensation of drowning without physically holding a person’s head under water. Water is poured over a cloth or rag covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. This is torture. The captive individual is questioned and interrogated in between the water being poured. Not only is this method tortuous, but it is also unethical. …show more content…
The U.S military may be instructed to use this method during an interrogation, such as during President George W Bush’s presidency; however, it is extremely unethical and violates human beings basic rights.
Ethics are the moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or conducting of an activity. Murder is an unethical action and therefore a person whom preforms or involves themselves in the process of waterboarding, associates themselves with negative or unethical values. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, “Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security” (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) are three of the top rights for people. Waterboarding violates every single one of those rights as a human being. Although waterboarding may not kill the victim immediately, but over time more often than not, the victim will experience medical complications eventually leading to
death.
Waterboarding is ultimately murder. Not only can it cause a person to go into sudden death, it causes many after effects that will lead to a slow and painful death. It causes extreme pain, dry drowning, damage to the lungs and brain, oxygen deprivation, and other physical injuries due to the restraints used to hold the victim down. It may also cause aspiration of vomitus, which is an inhalation of regurgitated gastric content into the pulmonary system, essentially burning the inside of the lungs with stomach acid. This is causing intentional and torturous harm to the victim to the point of death. These are only a few reasons why waterboarding should be banned and never used again. This form of interrogation causes more harm than it helps. Violating basic human rights and showing unethical values is not how a country should get information from anyone.
Work Cited
"Donald Trump says torture 'absolutely works' -- but does it?" CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights." United Nations. United Nations, n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.