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    Hazing: Torture or Trustful Bond? What is hazing? Hazing is often referred to as the humiliating and sometimes dangerous initiation rituals‚ specifically introduced on college students seeking membership into a fraternity or sorority. Members of fraternities and sororities are not the only victims. Athletic players and students of organizations endure this humiliation as well. Hazing should be prohibited in fraternities‚ sororities‚ athletic sports‚ and any club or organizations due to the

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    JUSTIFICATION OF TORTURE AGAINST TERROR SUSPECTS SUBMITTED TO: MA’AM SADIA TABASSUM SUBMITTED BY: MAHWISH TABASSUM REG. NO: -------------- Submission date: 17 April 2013 INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD Contents ISSUES 3 Introduction 4 Defining Tortture 5 Geneva Conventions On Torture 6 Definition of Torture under Article 1 CAT 7 Ticking Bomb Scenario (TBS) 8 How Does US Law Require That Terrorist Suspect Be Treated 11 What Laws Prohibit Torture? 14 Regional And International

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    to Torture Suspected Terrorists to Gather Information” by Vincent Iacopino and “The Case for Torture” by Michael Levin both use different techniques to defend their stance against torture. However‚ both authors use deductive reasoning to defend their opinion on torture and both authors have similarities through out their essays and use some of the same examples to explain their argument. Both essays make a strong argument against torture but I feel Michael Levin’s essay “The Case for Torture” is

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    Torture Devours America In “the Abolition of Torture‚” Sullivan argues that we have to ban torture in order to save America. Sullivan insists that we halt abuses on prisoners and terrorists‚ antithesizing his view with Krauthammer’s for most of the part in the essay. Torture is merely a brutal act of destroying a human being‚ a completely deplorable execution. And if America observed its favor in this vile act‚ there would be no more America. To start with‚ Sullivan says it is absurd that

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    letting the enemy know where the rest of your brigade is hiding‚ is a common torture tactic. In most cases you just want the pain to stop‚ so you give false information. This is why I feel ‚no‚ torture should not be a tactic to retrieve information and should be abolished in this country. In the essay The Torture Myth written by Anne Applebaum‚ torture is discussed and evaluated by the writer. Applebaum focuses on whether torture is a good vice to gain information from a person and it is insinuated that

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    Torture and civil liberties Civil liberties are rights one owns‚ that are stated in the Bill of Rights. After 9/11 terrorist attacks President Bush and the Republican Congressed passed the patriotic Act.it undermined basic rights and freedom of the people. The government increased spying‚ wiretapping and surveillance of citizens. The united nations convention against torture of 1987‚the Geneva conventions of 1949‚the international convent of civil and political rights‚ are some of the many treaties

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    deserve to be treated humanely. The fact is‚ they have information that could save thousands of American lives. However‚ they are so passionate about their cause; such information is not easily obtained. Therefore‚ the United States has the right to torture prisoners of war (suspected terrorists) in order to acquire vital information that is required to protect our country and its citizens. Terrorists are not regular soldiers in a regular war. They do not even merit POW (prisoner of war) status

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    The Potential Broken Link in the Torture Chain An American political theorist‚ Michael Walzer wrote that “just like strategy‚ generals must understand morality‚ they must understand cruelty and take actions to avoid it.” While sound military strategy‚ following the September 11th attacks‚ successfully expelled Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power‚ failures in morality continue to hamper the global effort to eradicate terrorism. The torture of suspected terrorists at Abu Graib

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    relating to the use of torture against any person whatsoever. As such‚ there are different perspectives on the ethics of its usage as well. While some believe that the use of torture becomes necessary at times‚ others believe that whatever the circumstances are‚ torture can never be justified. Some very pertinent issues related to the use of torture are‚ “Suppose a child has been kidnapped and a person has been suspected of committing the crime. Is it justifiable to torture that person in order to

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    It is my belief that the essay “The Case for Torture” is flawed and that Torture is impermissible whatever the case. This is as torture is fundamentally immoral. The text states that the perpetrator aims to obtain valuable information which could potentially save thousands of lives‚ and what is the damage or loss of one life compared to this? However‚ torture achieves this goal through inflicting excruciating pain to the powerless victim‚ which cannot ever be justified. All religions take this

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