Stanford Prison Experiment In discussions of the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo in 1970‚ one controversial issue has been whether or not the experiment should have ever been attempted. On the one hand‚ Dr. Zimbardo and his colleagues argued that the experiment gave them a deeper understanding of human suffering and a greater empathy for their fellow man (Ratnesar 2011). On the other hand‚ one of the former guards contended that the experiment made him more hostile and
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they are securing themselves and other people through protection. But to go through acts of inhumanity is never the answer. The same thing can be applied to Lord of the Flies as well with the acts of murdering an innocent. Just how the guards at Abu Ghraib are harming and murdering the
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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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People tend to believe that there is a clear line between good and evil – with them on one side‚ others always evil. Philip Zimbardo reveals that this line is far more permeable. Good can turn bad‚ and ‘evil’ people capable of redemption. He describes evil as “exercising power to intentionally harm people (psychologically)‚ to hurt people (physically)‚ to destroy people (mortally)‚ or ideas‚ and to commit crimes against humanity”. The question offered is‚ what is it that makes people turn evil? It
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independent inquiry headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger reported that the scale of abuses by soldiers and civilian contract interrogators at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison was much greater than previously admitted. Implicitly conceded: The whole story has not yet been told. The Schlesinger report dealt with Abu Ghraib but had little to say about what has gone on at Guantanamo and in Afghanistan.” (Pfaff). After the events at Guantanamo‚ the United States’ own army conducted an investigation
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Power in Play Isabel Allende‚ a contemporary writer‚ stated “what [she] fear[s] most is power with impunity. [She] fear[s] abuse of power and the power to abuse.” (Tales of Passion‚ IsabelAllende.com) I understand her fear as throughout the plays and articles we have read‚ there was a pattern of abuse of power with those whom had it. When someone (or an entity) is given unlimited power‚ is he asked to sign that he will use abuse that power and disregard what’s right? With the help of four plays/essays/articles
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obedience is when a person carries out an order even if it goes against their moral values or codes. Prejudice is an unjust attitude towards an individual solely based on their membership of a social group. Both of these issues were present in Abu Ghraib Prison (Iraq). They occurred when American soldiers commit terrible act upon Iraqi prisoners staying there. The soldiers claimed they were merely following orders‚ but scepticisms have been made about whether it was blind obedience or prejudice
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sufficient to suspend the abuse." The United States is not benefiting from the use of torture during the War on Terror. The United States is suffering from its use of torture. David Cole of The New York Review‚ wrote‚ "The abuses at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib have become international embarrassments for the United States‚ and by many accounts have helped to recruit young people to join Al Qaeda our coercive and inhumane interrogation tactics have effectively granted many of the prisoners immunity from
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Question 1 Outline. The issue is Torture. Torture is a serious violation of human rights and is strictly prohibited by international law covered in article 5 of no torture in 1948 “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel‚ inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The reason for this is because torture strikes at the very heart of civil and political freedoms. Torture was one of the first issues dealt with by the United Nations (UN). The United Nations Efforts to Secure Freedom from
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interrogation teams after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Before Alexander began interrogations in Iraq‚ interrogators used force to gain insight and information from detainees in Iraq. These approaches were unsuccessful and yielded little usable information. Alexander in his book notes how he used a conversational approach with five captured al-Qaeda members. Alexander’s approach utilized negotiation and psychological tools on the detainees to obtain information on the whereabouts of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi
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