Documenting Torture: The Social Fate of Suffering Proposal for Dissertation Research Bishnu Pokhrel Introduction Torture is neither civilian nor military‚ nor is it specifically French; it is a plague infecting our whole era. – Jean-Paul Sartre Despite global monitoring efforts that reveal the systematic use of torture in democratic and authoritarian states (Peters 1986:160) and despite current controversies surrounding its use during America’s Global War on Terror‚ torture remains an understudied
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medieval time period was full of knights in shining armor and fairytale princesses‚ when in all reality‚ the medieval time period was a bloodthirsty and violent time period. Government and religious officials used sadistic torture to punish suspects and obtain confessions. Torture is the deliberate and cruel infliction of mental and physical suffering to obtain information or for any other reason. ”The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear” ( Lovecraft). The tools and devices used brought
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Is torture ever morally acceptable? If so‚ under what circumstances? (Argumentative Essay) Written by mystery1227 under Uncategorized Is torture ever morally acceptable‚ If so under what circumstances? Firstly‚ what exactly is torture? It can be defined as the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as a punishment or revenge‚ to try and acquire some sort of confession about some particular issue or some information; also is could be just pure cruelty or hate for that particular individual
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Hollywood has given society the impression that torture is the effective last resort for interrogators to get crucial information. There is a cliché scenario in which a bomb is ticking somewhere and the villain will not tell the interrogator how to stop it. Reluctantly the interrogator starts using brutal torture methods until he gets the confession and saves the day. The “ticking time bomb” scenario is unrealistic and it gives a false perception to society of how interrogations really work. The
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Torture is “the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as punishment or revenge‚ as a means of getting a confession or information‚ or for sheer cruelty” (Dictionary.com). It is thought that torture is used to get information that may save lives. In “September 17‚ 2001 - President George W. Bush sign[ed] a secret memo authorizing the CIA to detain suspected terrorists” (“CIA Torture Report Fast Facts”). What innocent citizens don’t know‚ is that torture is sometimes used wrongly and for revenge instead
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Torture can be defined as mental or physical harm to any human being. Whether to torture an enemy or any individual including the ethics of it is a very problematic topic to this day. After the attack on Paris it became even more controversial and the remaining question is whether using torture to obtain information to save lives outweighed the ethical and moral obligations. Human rights become involved‚ including the ramifications it could have. An American free society is supposed to be 100%
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Introduction The word torture is a term that has international and national publicity. It is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a : anguish of body or mind : agony b : something that causes agony or pain 2: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning‚ crushing‚ or wounding) to punish‚ coerce‚ or afford sadistic pleasure and According to "Uslegal" (2001-2012)‚ the legal definiftion is “punishment inflicted in the form of physical or psychological pain inflicted on supposed criminals
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Yunji Kim English 102 Professor Harkness 10/24/12 RE 1 Revised Does Torture Work?: Is it really one effective way? Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney 2007) accuse of what was going on behind the curtain in Abu Ghraib. Dilawar‚ the innocent taxi driver who took 3 passengers for a taxi ride‚ has been under detention with harsh torture under the purpose of getting information‚ and died. The military police Thomas Curtis‚ who was at Bagram says‚ “My memory of Dilawar was chained up with the
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general understanding of what torture is but do we ever think about whether torture morally right or wrong? Torture can be defined as‚ ‘‘the intentional infliction of severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ upon a person in the custody or under the control of the accused; except that torture shall not include pain or suffering arising only from‚ inherent in or incidental to‚ lawful sanctions.” Under international law it is against the law to use torture in any situation no matter what
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Convention against Torture Around the world and around the clock‚ human rights violations seem to never cease. In particular‚ torture violations are still rampant all over the world. One regime‚ the Convention against Torture and other Cruel‚ Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment‚ establishes a strong elaboration of norms against torture. Despite its efforts‚ many countries still outright reject its policies against torture while other countries openly accept them‚ but surreptitiously still
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