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    use narrative to involve the responder in a range of experiences. Storytellers use narrative techniques to establish a setting and shape the characters personality. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories the drover’s wife and the loaded dog as well as Roger hargreaves picture book little miss sunshine. Henry Lawson’s the drovers wife‚ explores the perspicacity of the bush heroine with the use of a narrator. The narrators’ avoidance of using a name for the drover’s wife prevents the responder

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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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    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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    Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of Torture by the United States Torture‚ as defined in lecture‚ is the infliction of extreme pain and suffering on a victim that is both non-consenting and defenseless with the intention of forcing him or her to divulge information against their will (Moser and McDonald 2016a). By this definition‚ it is easy to see how policy makers would categorize the practices of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation methods” as torture‚ as they cause intense psychological

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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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    violation Torture is a serious human rights violation and is strictly prohibited by international law however it still does continue in majority of the countries around the world. Torture is an act of deliberately inflicting severe pain on someone without any legal causes. Torture is not only physical pain but also includes the act of causing mental pain as well such as threats to family or loved ones. Torture has been used as a punishment to intimidate or control a person. The term torture includes

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    Why Torture is a Good Thing. Recently the Speaker of the House of Representatives‚ Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for comments she made about torture‚ once again bringing the topic of torture back into the national spotlight. There are so many different sides to the debate on whether our government should or should not allow torture in the integration of suspected Al Qaeda members currently locked up in the United States military prison located in Guantánamo Bay‚ Cuba. There are those people

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    Torture is define as cruel action that can be made by a superior for an immoral action. People have different opinions when it comes to the topic of torture. Are you on the good side or bad side do you know? Sometimes torture can be justified: I’m not saying that torture can be acceptable‚ but in some cases it’s necessary. Torture is the process of saving lives I would say in other words is obtaining information from a convict of whichever the case is that can be helpful for the superiors to find

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