Summary: Defusing The Ticking Bomb Scenarios
Annotated Bibliography
Association for the Prevention of Torture. “Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. New York: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2011. 836-851. Print. The main idea of this passage is to expose the irrelevance of the ticking bomb scenario for the topic of torture. The article as a whole does not take a direct stand for or against or torture, however, it slightly attacks the areas for torture. In addition, with a vast amount of reasoning and evidence the authors cover all areas relating to the topic of torture such as morals and humanity being the most controversial questioned issues in reference to the …show more content…
military opposing torture as an interrogation method. One of the five statistics presented in this survey is that 56.66% agree that they should. Without the doubt this proves that the American public is most definitely against the acts of torture. This is not an entirely credible source as the author relies on the use of logical fallacy to convince his audience. Nevertheless, it may be affected in the sense that he utilizes a form of rhetoric by using the appeal of pathos to create a sympathetic vibe in reference to the prisoners for his audience.
"Survey of FBI Agents who Observed Interrogation Techniques in Iraq Between March 2003 and December 2004." National Security. Kim Masters Evans. 2009 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2014. This is a survey conducted between the years of 2003 and 2004 that requested FBI agents to testify what they observed in the interrogations in Iraq. The observation categories provided were whether or not an interrogation was personally observed by FBI agents, the observations led them to believe, a detainee told them, others described to them, or none of the above. 37 interrogation techniques were presented some of them so inhuman, such as depriving a detainee of food or water or depriving a detainee of clothing. This source is from the U.S. Department of Justice making it evidently
Association for the Prevention of Torture. “Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario.” Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings. Ed. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau. New York: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2011. 836-851. Print. The main idea of this passage is to expose the irrelevance of the ticking bomb scenario for the topic of torture. The article as a whole does not take a direct stand for or against or torture, however, it slightly attacks the areas for torture. In addition, with a vast amount of reasoning and evidence the authors cover all areas relating to the topic of torture such as morals and humanity being the most controversial questioned issues in reference to the …show more content…
military opposing torture as an interrogation method. One of the five statistics presented in this survey is that 56.66% agree that they should. Without the doubt this proves that the American public is most definitely against the acts of torture. This is not an entirely credible source as the author relies on the use of logical fallacy to convince his audience. Nevertheless, it may be affected in the sense that he utilizes a form of rhetoric by using the appeal of pathos to create a sympathetic vibe in reference to the prisoners for his audience.
"Survey of FBI Agents who Observed Interrogation Techniques in Iraq Between March 2003 and December 2004." National Security. Kim Masters Evans. 2009 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Information Plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 9 Feb. 2014. This is a survey conducted between the years of 2003 and 2004 that requested FBI agents to testify what they observed in the interrogations in Iraq. The observation categories provided were whether or not an interrogation was personally observed by FBI agents, the observations led them to believe, a detainee told them, others described to them, or none of the above. 37 interrogation techniques were presented some of them so inhuman, such as depriving a detainee of food or water or depriving a detainee of clothing. This source is from the U.S. Department of Justice making it evidently