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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Is violence ever justified? The debate about the use of violence has been on going for the last decade. Violence‚ the act of causing physical harm to another person willingly‚ has often been categorized as being an uncivilized‚ unjustified act. It is mostly known‚ and commonsensical knowledge that attacking or inflicting harm upon another person is “wrong”. Most of us frown upon people who resort to such violent acts‚ and they are punishable by law. However‚ as we progress into the 21st century
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Briana Laszlo Professor Tayyar English 114 23 April 2015 Is It Really Happily Ever After? Fairytales are one of the common understandings throughout the childhood of children in the United States. The Grimm’s Fairytales serve as a foundation to many of the stories that we grew up with. In the fairytales written by The Brothers Grimm‚ the role of women play the biggest part in each story; thus may be because that German women were the ones that were telling the stories or because the depiction of
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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 Killing Ever Justified No I don’t think killing for any reason is ever justified be it as revenge against someone or just because you want to hurt another person. In the book ‘Kill the Possum’ I think the author is demonstrating to the readers that everyone needs to be responsible for their actions and aware of the consequences of the effects of their actions on others. Also the lies people will say when they want to protect what is close to them. As Dylan became friends with this family
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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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Cody Mertz An Encounter That Changed My Life July 30th‚ 2012 I attempted suicide. My life has seemed to change since this incident. I let stress of my niece’s custody case‚ where the mother’s side of the family was accused by my niece that they were “touching” her in her vaginal area. All the stress got to me when my niece‚ who is a little over four years old‚ came up to me and told me that she had stopped believing in me. I felt worthless and un-needed‚ the only thought that was in in my head
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The best journey ever I lowered myself into the sleek‚ red‚ open‚ sedan. I was tired from my journey by plane to Spain‚ but was looking forward to a rather enjoyable road journey with my best friend. So long as she was driving‚ how did it matter how long the journey was. Soon we were moving through a meadow. Dew glistened on the bright green grass and poppies danced to the beat of the breeze. A few miles away‚ a whole carpet of flowers covered the land. A heady‚ sweet scent reached my nose and
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Best Week Ever It was the first day of recruitment‚ Sarah and Jessica and I were going to go together. We all got ready in my room and headed over to Blum for the information night. When we got there‚ I had sweat pints as big as softballs and we were the first ones there. While us waiting for all the girls who were rushing to come so the meeting could start. We started talking to all the active girls‚ so we can get to know them all. I was so nervous to meet all of them and felt so little to them
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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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