under deontology torture can be justified. Some‚ however‚ may have an obligation to God. If this obligation out ranks the first then deontology would say that torture is not justified. Categorical imperative would not be followed by all people. There are people willing to commit torture‚ but would not want others committing torture. On the other hand‚ some people believe torture is wrong all around. They would follow categorical imperative. Rational egoism can justify torture. If someone’s family
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against Torture and Other Cruel‚ Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment defines torture as: “any act by which severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession‚ punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed‚ or intimidating or coercing him or a third person‚ or for any reason based on
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being waged over these rights is whether torture should be an acceptable method to extract information from terrorists‚ kidnappers‚ etc. Torture should be a usable legal practice when science fails and time is against the situation in order to gain valuable intel‚ however it should not go without intervention from the legal system. Tortures most useful perk is that it can be used to extract important knowledge about possible security threats. In a world
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simply to hurt another person. While these tactics have evolved over the years‚ it is still all defined as torture. Many experts can give simple reasons behind the behaviors of torturers‚ though not every act of torture is the same. While some forms of torture appear to be obvious and reasonable‚ what is not entirely understood is what makes the person go to the extremes of choosing torture to reach their ultimate
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there is no scenario where it is acceptable to torture innocent children. There are many different types of torture but they can be broken down into two categories: emotional and physical. Emotional torture is when you psychologically effect the victim’s mind and soul. This can be shown through isolating someone‚ threatening him or her‚ humiliating him or her and scaring him or her. Emotional torture can harm an individual just as much as physical torture. Manipulating someone’s emotions causes the
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Torture At some point everyone has heard of torture. It could have been in a movie or on the news‚ but they have heard of it. In this day and age‚ people would like to have believed it was all behind us in the past. Then 9/11 happened‚ everyone’s lives were changed with one simple act of cruelty. Before 9/11 hit the U.S. in a wave of pain‚ panic‚ and anger‚ our viewpoints on torture would probably have been less likely that it should be allowed. The decision to torture people who are suspected
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Island and the Torture of a People Torture‚ when most people hear this word they think of human beings getting burned by scolding iron‚ fingers getting chopped off‚ or even people getting thrown into rooms to starve. Today torture is seen as cruel and inhumane. Anguish of mind and body was a horrible tyranny force upon a people. Torture is a rampant and systematic problem which continues as a phenomenon today. Before South Africa’s transition to democracy there was torture. Deprived of
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Torture In the article “The Truth about Torture”‚ Charles Krauthammer considers the ticking time bomb problem and argues that torture is sometimes not only morally permissible‚ but morally necessary. Krauthammer uses the example of terrorists in his example‚ what if we captured a terrorist with knowledge of an attack and the knowledge of future attacks; do we torture him for his information? Or simply just have him locked up? (Krauthammer 2). Utilitarian considerations are sufficient to justify
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the utilization of torture and its effectiveness as a means to elicit information. A main argument has been supplied that torture is ineffective in its purpose to gather information from the victim. The usefulness of torture has been questioned because prisoners might use false information to elude their torturers‚ which has occurred in previous cases of torture. It has also been supposed that torture is necessary in order to use the information to save many lives. Torture has been compared to
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‘Torture can be justified if it serves the greater good’ critically discuss this statement with reference to human rights theories. Torture‚ and consequently its definition‚ has changed through time. A Roman lawyer once stated‚ ‘torture is the inquiry after truth by means of torment’ (cited in Peters‚ 1985). This definition is the foundation for the understanding of torture in modern times. It is now looked at not only in terms of physical pain‚ but mental stress and damage as well‚ (ScienceDaily
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