Is it ever ethically justified to torture a terrorist to save millions of innocent lives‚ or is it always unjustifiable to torture a person? Imagine one summer day when all the news stations broadcast a message saying that a terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in New York City and that the bomb will detonate in approximately one hour and two million civilians will parish. The news then says that the terrorist has been captured‚ but the only way to find out the key information to stop the detonation
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to stick to the obesity argument you might want to think of arguments such as ’should the government be doing more to tackle the problem or is it up to the individual?’ or ’How is it people can allow themselves to get that far into bad health(obesity)?’ (might be more of a Psychology question though..) A good one for looking at arguments relating to the fast food industry is ’Super-Size me’ that documentary‚ that might give you some more ideas about arguments‚ to look into some of the issues that Morgan
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mainframe computers with personal computers which were affordable to most users has ushered us into an era of proliferation of information‚ speed of assess to and ability to disseminate information. The information technology revolution has brought about a drastic change in the business environment‚ its structure and the business process. Information technology has become a strategic tool that drives the strategic initiatives of organizations and businesses. Manual processes have been replaced with
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Argumentative Essay- Lucas Moore Managing wildfires in today’s world has become more efficient‚ safe‚ and easy with the help of prescribed fires. Prescribed fires are a solution to preventing and helping stop wildfires with both positive and negative outcomes. Today‚ I stand with prescribed fires as I believe that they are safe and have many positives that outweigh the negatives. For example‚ over time branches and debris build up serving as fuel in the forests and result in hazardous environments
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we can’t combat it because torture is not an option. We must now choose a side of allowing them american rights or taking advantage of a useful tactic. The tactic (Torture) would ensure we have information in the time frame needed‚ it has a history of being efficient‚ and It will save thousands of lives. Imagine a ticking Bomb‚ We would need to get this information quickly to save those lives. Torture would forsure get it faster than just merely talking.In “Does torture work” by Martin robbins; it
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topic of torture in today’s modern world is certainly a delicate one. The affliction of torture is one that will not vanish over time‚ for it has been used since the beginning of recorded history and continues to be used today. From the desert sands of the Middle East and the jungles of Africa‚ to the bitter cold of Siberia‚ torture to this day is utilized against the peoples of its lands for political purposes‚ crime and punishment‚ even revenge and savage murder. There has never been a time in history
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My alter ego is a sassy city girl named Ko-Ko. Ko-Ko is very bold and rambunctious. She is immensely outspoken and isn’t afraid to say what’s on her mind. The inspiration for this character came from one of my best friends. She told me I was too conventional and I needed to live a little‚ so we created my alter ego Ko-Ko who was the total opposite of me. “AAAAAHHHHH‚ where is the train!” I yelled. “Ko-Ko‚ will you calm down‚ it’ll be here in a minute.” Jaylyn said. The train always took forever
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In “The Truth about Torture‚” Charles Krauthammer critically analyzes the John McCain‚ an individual with tremendous moral influence who was tortured by the North Vietnamese‚ amendment. This amendment would prohibit all forms of torture from being executed on war prisoners of America. In response‚ Krauthammer states that in certain scenarios‚ torture is not “just permissible‚ but also morally required.” He divides the war prisoners into the following three classifications: ordinary soldiers arrested
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"The Case for Torture" by Michael Levin‚ presents excellent justification for the use of torture in situations of extreme desperation. Levin gives great arguments for the use of torture through clever wording and great exemplification. In supplement to the already great argument‚ he provides potential counter-arguments and proves why they are invalid. It is made very clear that he believes that torture is morally mandatory and makes great effort to sway the opinion of readers‚ provided they keep
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In this essay you are going to hear about how we celebrate Thanksgiving compared to how the first Americans celebrated. Our Thanksgivings are very different first off we use forks and spoons‚ the pilgrims mainly used their hands to eat their food. A thing the pilgrims did was the they ate the food closet to if it was across from them they wouldn’t eat it. We go around the table to get what we want to eat instead the pilgrim way of doing things. Thanksgiving became a holiday in the eighteen hundreds
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