Is torture ever acceptable? According to the UN Convention Against Torture‚ any infliction of torture1 i.e. waterboarding is banned under international law and the domestic laws of most countries in the 21st century. The point of contention is whether torture under any circumstances should be entirely prohibited. This opinion piece will be centered towards the debate regarding interrogation using torture methods and argue that torture is never acceptable from the moral and utilitarian perspectives
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Tierra Mason Professor Colin Anderson 15 November 2011 Is Torture Ever Justifiable? Torture‚ according to the United Nations Convention against Torture‚ is: “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
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Is lying ever ok? Lying is probably one of the most common wrong acts that we carry out. However‚ it is an unavoidable part of human nature. Most people would say that lying is always wrong‚ except when there’s a good reason for it - which means that it’s not always wrong! I disagree with this belief. From my understanding‚ it is not Okay to knowingly lie‚ no matter what. Always tell the truth. Most people make up excuses all the time because it’s easier than telling the truth which may be
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Is revenge ever justifiable? Solutions to any kind of situation‚ whether it is justifiable or not is revenge. The term revenge has always been debated upon since the action itself revolves around basic instinct‚ and the reasoning behind that claim comes from us as people‚ reacting to situations based on mutual feelings. Seeing how revenge is such a tricky word to define‚ this word is also compared with justice. Justice has the power of choice but also follows the behaviour of a human being
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The Best Teacher There are many types of folks in this world and many types of teacher too. Therefore‚ there are many qualities that good teachers have and makes them to be the best teacher. Then Have you ever had the best teacher? You might have had the one who is able to change his teaching methods‚ who is happy with his/her life‚ and who can persist. This is the teacher who makes school lives of the student easier and make them to love school. The first category of the best teachers
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Is Terrorism Ever Justified? “Terrorism has no justification‚ no matter what pretext terrorist use for their deeds.” Says Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour‚ a Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister. (UN News Centre.) Many people view terrorism the same way as Ben Achour‚ especially in America. But there are also many of those‚ such as Alan Dershowitz‚ who counter with questions like‚ “Is ‘terrorist’ just a negative version of ‘freedom righter’?” and “How are civilian deaths in terrorism
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Best Day It was Valentines day‚ which happened to be my favorite holiday of all times‚ but what made it so special this year is I got to spend it with who at the time I didn’t know would be the love of my life. Waking up that morning I had goose bumps. Just the thought of me knowing that we were officially going on our first date that night made me crazy. I didn’t even want to go to school that day because I wanted to make sure that I looked amazing for this night but I went anyway and I’m glad
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The first time my best friend of four years told me that she would not be returning for our final two years of high school‚ I never dreamt that my life would become dramatically different. At the end of my sophomore year my best friend‚ who I refer to by her last name‚ Jones‚ because we have the same first name‚ told me that she was going to take the California High School Proficiency Examination in hopes of not having to complete junior and senior year of high school‚ and consequently start community
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Is it ever right to kill? There is a lot of argument about whether it is ever right to kill anyone. What is killing? Well the dictionary definition is: to cause death/the act of causing death. But is that enough? Is there another type of killing? A type that is justifiable. For example if a person steals or puts you in mortal danger is it acceptable to take their life in return? But more importantly is it morally right? Helene Moszkiewiez worked in the resistance during the holocaust. She was
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