had a terrorist who knew of the attack but would not talk? How far do you go to potentially save the lives of thousands? In critical situations‚ the torture of a terrorist is mandatory. Although it is inhumane and cruel‚ torture is the only way to get information out of a terrorist who would rather die then cooperate. This is the reason why the torture of terrorists is essential to gathering crucial
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Understanding of Utilitarianism and Torture KSM is a mastermind terrorist who has been captured by the CIA. He refuses to reveal any information about his organization or the members thereof that could be fundamental to the welfare of hundreds of lives. Even under the presence of coercive methods such as sleep deprivation and water boarding‚ he has refused to talk. His nine and eleven year old children have been brought into custody and a suggestion has been made to torture the children. Is the option
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atrocities are committed. They then report back to the United Nations‚ who then decides if action is necessary. In the case of Margaret Atwood’s poem “Footnote to the Amnesty Report on Torture‚” the amnesty report is delivered in a very different way. This poem is about‚ in short‚ someone’s perception of a torture chamber. It is a less-than-glorified description of the room and the events that occur there. The speaker is really just a narrator; there is absolutely nothing to learn about him/her
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Is torture ever justified? This question response automatically comes the way one may perceive torture or defines torture’s meaning. In a number of dictionaries torture is defined as‚ “extreme pain; anguish of body or mind‚ or the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as punishment or revenge as a means of getting a confession for information”. In layman’s terms‚ torture is just sheer cruelty and in no way morally right‚ not permissible‚ or in no situation justified. Slavery would be a situation
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Gaston Havandjian Professor Hubbell English Comp I Essay Four 11/13/12 Human Nature: Another Tool For Torture? Driving your car to a dinner with friends you go by hundreds of advertisement slogans at the side of the road. Reading them seems to be a good way to entertain your mind with all those miles ahead and since you didn’t decide what are you going to order yet you think that maybe some of them will give you an idea. One of them captures
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possibly save those lives. In “The Case for Torture” Michael Levin is focusing on torture as a possible solution. He is claiming the use of torture not as a punishment but‚ an acceptable measure for preventing future evil and‚ acquiring valuable information in extreme situations. It is because millions of innocent lives that are in danger will outweigh the maximum excruciating possible pain for a person convicted guilty. In all of his examples he is showing torture as the only possible
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“The Case for Torture” argues that there are various reasons for allowing torture to exist in the United States of America. Levin would love to see society change its negative views on torture so that‚ under certain circumstances‚ torture would be permissible. The article starts off with a very brief description of how he believes society views the subject of torture as a negative thing. He leads on to oppose that way of thinking and provides three cases in which he believes torture must be administered
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It is my belief that the essay “The Case for Torture” is flawed and that Torture is impermissible whatever the case. This is as torture is fundamentally immoral. The text states that the perpetrator aims to obtain valuable information which could potentially save thousands of lives‚ and what is the damage or loss of one life compared to this? However‚ torture achieves this goal through inflicting excruciating pain to the powerless victim‚ which cannot ever be justified. All religions take this
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JUSTIFICATION OF TORTURE AGAINST TERROR SUSPECTS SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM SADIA TABASSUM SUBMITTED BY: MAHWISH TABASSUM REG. NO: -------------- Submission date: 17 April 2013 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD Contents ISSUES 3 Introduction 4 Defining Tortture 5 Geneva Conventions On Torture 6 Definition of Torture under Article 1 CAT 7 Ticking Bomb Scenario (TBS) 8 How Does US Law Require That Terrorist Suspect Be Treated 11 What Laws Prohibit Torture? 14 Regional And International
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hiding‚ is a common torture tactic. In most cases you just want the pain to stop‚ so you give false information. This is why I feel ‚no‚ torture should not be a tactic to retrieve information and should be abolished in this country. In the essay The Torture Myth written by Anne Applebaum‚ torture is discussed and evaluated by the writer. Applebaum focuses on whether torture is a good vice to gain information from a person and it is insinuated that she does not‚ based on her arguments in the essay. I
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