Int. police precinct - interrogation room #1 - night Keith walks in and shuts the door slowly. KeiTH Jacob‚ I’m Detective Keith. I hope my colleagues have been treating you fair. Keith sits across from Jacob‚ who has bruises all over his face and stitches on his chin. Jacob only focuses at the table in-between them. KEITH Do you need to go back to the hospital? Jacob looks to Keith and puts his hands on the table. Keith goes over the rap sheet. KEITH Last year you got charged with drug possession
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The Interrogation of John Wilkes Booth “Why did you do it‚ Booth?‚” I asked him. “Kill the president? I did it because he was determined to overthrow the Constitution because he was against slavery. He was going to take down the base of the economy in the South‚” he said in a angry tone. “So killing Lincoln was the best option? There was no other way to ultimately stop him from taking down slavery as a whole?” “Kidnapping was a primary option‚ where we-” “We?” I interrupted in the middle of
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some level. However‚ in the world we live in torture still heavily exists. Most people will agree that torture is the ultimate form of hatred a person can receive‚ it violates one’s human rights greatly. In most cases‚ torture is described as an individual receiving inhumane treatment and negligence. There are many cases in which forms of torture is performed by state officials onto detained individuals or prisoners. An example of this is the torture that is happening today in prisons in Guantanamo
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PHL250 Introduction To Philosophy of Science Chapter 4 Review: Popper‚ Conjecture and Refutation Felix Walpole: 998737256 - TA: Greg Lusk February 13th 2012 Karl Popper presents a way of perceiving science that is appealing for a number of reasons‚ he argued a few simple and outstanding claims with which he attempted to revolutionize the way we see and practice science. In the chapter‚ Popper‚ Conjecture and Refutation‚ Goddfrey communicates the basic ideas that set Popper apart from other philosophers
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Should torture be used on suspected terrorists? I think it is fairly evident that we should. In light of recent events‚ we as an international community should take more drastic actions to take care of the current terrorist problems. Recently‚ 150 died in the bombing in Paris‚ almost 3‚000 people died in the horrible event of 9/11 and about 150 a day die in Syria‚ which is the place most effected by the terrorists. Terrorists first came about in in the western world in 2001 during‚ and in the
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Henry Shue’s "Torture" adresses the notion of torture ever being morally permissible‚ and‚ if so‚ when. He argues that torture is rarely ever morally permissible by considering diverging arguments. One argument he considers is that torture might be morally permissible because killing is‚ however‚ he argues that it is indeed not‚ because murder is often justified‚ especially in combat‚ and torture is universally generally opposed‚ because torture strips the tortured of the means to defend oneself
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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 Use Torture Ever Justified? According time in the follow Asian‚ Middle East and other countries have used torture as a tool of murder for over two thousand years. Dictators believed that torture is a way to rule their country. “Is torture ever justified?” this question was asked on ABC News in 2004. In that poll sixty three percent of respondent believed that torture should be abolished‚ thirty one percent agreed with torture but with limits‚ and seven percent agree torture without
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Legalizing Torture Torture is always brought into discussion when a country enters into a war or a civil dispute. It is often argued whether it is right or wrong to use torture to obtain information. The “ticking bomb” theory is also refuted on the basis that these scenarios are rarely as dire as they seem‚ and usually even if torture was used‚ the information would most likely be obtained too late to avoid the event. In light of the recent events such as the War on Terrorism and the war in Iraq
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Torture (Latin torquere‚ "to twist")‚ in law‚ infliction of severe bodily pain either as punishment‚ or to compel a person to confess to a crime‚ or to give evidence in a judicial proceeding. Among primitive peoples‚ torture has been used as a means of ordeal and to punish captured enemies. Examination by torture‚ often called the "question‚" has been used in many countries as a judicial method. It involves using instruments to extort evidence from unwilling witnesses. In ancient Athens‚ slaves
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