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    Summary Dr. Michael Levin is a philosophy professor at the City University of New York. His areas of research interest include publications on metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ race‚ homosexuality‚ animal rights‚ the philosophy of archeology‚ the philosophy of logic‚ philosophy of language‚ and the philosophy of science. In his article "The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in 1982‚ Michael Levin is defending the use of torture as being necessary and justifiably in some extreme cases in order to

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    Levin’s “The Case for TortureTorture is a concept that Americans attempt to avoid. If a criminal possesses the opportunity to harm innocent lives‚ the delinquent should be stopped. The idea presides in Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture”; Levin attempts to portray a point that the act of torturing terrorists in order to save innocent lives is justifiable. Throughout the article‚ Levin fabricates situations to present his argument that torture is not a bad idea. He voices that torture is not established

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    In the article entitled “The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in 1982‚ Michael Levin argues that the use of torture as a means to save lives is justifiable and necessary. Beginning with very general premises‚ Levin draws a series of hyperbolic cases where torture might be justifiable so as to set precedents for the justification of torture in more “realistic cases.” However‚ the author never fully defines the boundaries and conditions behind his premises and suggests that disregarding civil

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    First published in Newsweek‚ in 1982‚ "The Case for Torture‚" by Michael Levin‚ state that "torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory" (201). "Michael Levin argues that torture is a mortal necessity in some situations; that torturing a terrorist is the moral thing to do if it prevents "future evils" (201). Levin examines three scenarios to persuade his readers that torture is justified. In the first circumstance‚ a terrorist has hidden an atomic bomb on Manhattan Island‚ and instead

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    In the article‚ The Case for Torture‚ Michael Levin sheds light on the complexity of using torture. The author argues that the use of torture is sometimes necessary. He lays out various situations in which torture may be needed and highlights arguments in support of torture. I agree with Michael Levin’s theory that torture is sometimes justified because it is sometimes morally obligatory‚ it helps to maintain order‚ and it prevents evils that may happen in the future. The first reason I agree with

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    “The Case of Torture” “The Case of Torture” written by‚ Michael Levin is a an essay about how torture is valuable‚ that “the lives of the innocent people must be saved even at the price of hurting the one who endangered them”. Pg. 360 The other gives two great scenarios‚ in my opinion that would permit for torture. The first incident he gave an example of was; suppose a terrorist planted a bomb at an important monument and said the bomb was going to go off at a certain time. Say for instance we

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    person of interest believes this false statement‚ he might confess‚ though it may not be true. He may confess because he thinks that the detectives expect any confession and will not let him go until he gives them some sort of information. In this case‚ the person of interest‚ who is under tons of stress‚ will invent some story to appease the detective. Because this sort of interrogation places the suspect under a lot of stress‚ society believes that it should not be

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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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    of Torture in Counterterrorism Robert Reitenauer Pennsylvania State University Abstract The use of torture in the world is not a new idea. The use of torture in the world dates back to the 530 AD Roman Empire where Roman jurists viewed the virtues of torture as “the highest forms of truth (Ross‚ 2005).” The United States though has a long history of humane practices of prisoners captured during war. In the Revolutionary War‚ General George Washington ordered that his troops never torture British

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    26 November 2012 LÖG111F The term “torture” according to Article 1 of the UN Convention against Torture and scope of the Convention. Helene Inga Stankiewicz Björg Thorarensen 311088-3439 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………….…...…3 2. The Convention against Torture…………………………………………..….….…3 3.1. Structure of the Convention………………………………………….……..…4 3. Article 1: Definition of Torture……………………………………………..............4 4.2.

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