people die. People should be able to get answers out of the terrorists before there is another attack. EIT was originally made post 9-11 because there were detainees still out there that had answers on how and why 9-11 occurred. The U.N defines torture as a way people get answers from detainees. The CIA would use harmful techniques to figure out what someone did‚ and how they did it (“5 Interrogation Methods”). One of the techniques used to get out answers was waterboarding. People are put on the
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would agree that torture would be necessary if terrorist/criminals that were captured possessed information that could potentially harm millions of people or families. Now torture has taken on a whole new meaning. Torture is the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something‚ or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. In Michael Levin’s essay “The Case of Torture‚” he makes some good points about why torture should be mandatory
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In 2005‚ the Pentagon approved a law stating that physical or mental torture is prohibited for any prisoners in military custody (Herman 114). In 2013‚ there were approximately 160 prisoners left in Guantanamo Bay; from February to May there arose a hunger strike among them (Stockdale 2). According to Stockdale‚ President
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anti-terrorist information that could possibly save thousands of innocent Americans. The ‘greatest good for the greatest number’‚ so they say‚ but is torture really the best way to obtain the best consequence? I will use my take on the Just War model and J.J.C Smarts’ suggestion to focus on all consequences of a situation to argue against the notion that water torture would be morally ethical and the right thing that I ought to do. Guantanamo Bay is a US prison for terrorists and other threatening people
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Inter American University of Puerto Rico CASE STUDY: TORTURE THE BOMBING SUSPECT? Source: Dr. Tom Kerns‚ Introduction to Bioethics‚ http://www.bioethicscourse.info/casesite/cs-torture.html GEPE 4040 Ethical Dimensions Contemporary Affairs Prof.: Miłosz Mariusz Jacko‚ Ph.D. At 9:30am a phone call was received at The Seattle Times from a person claiming to have placed a bomb at an undisclosed location in downtown Seattle. The caller indicated the device was set to detonate at 2pm the
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difficulties by appealing to experience; however‚ no method of reconciling an individual decision with the rules of experience is suggested‚ and no relative weights are assigned to the various considerations. In deciding whether or not to torture a terrorist who has planted a bomb in New York City‚ a utilitarian must evaluate both the overall welfare of the people involved or effected by the action taken‚ and the consequences of the action taken. To calculate the welfare of the people involved
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“enhanced” interrogation policies in Guantanamo Bay. Despite having signed and ratified the UN Torture Convention‚ which clearly underlines that torture is never justified regardless of emergency situations‚ the US Department of Justice argued that self-defense and national security justified the President’s powers (without checks and balances) to give permission to the officials at Guantanamo to torture enemy detainees for
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the violent nature of these conflicts‚ a large portion of refugees have experienced torture‚ and have had to cope with intense trauma. The convicts and officers in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good have very similar circumstances with modern day refugees‚ enduring constant persecution and violence. Consequently‚ both the play and “The Psychological Impact of Torture‚” a review on the effects of torture on refugees‚ can provide a glimpse into how people react and cope under dehumanizing
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Iran A Threat to International Security? Human rights in Iran are not very respected. Women in Iran and their rights: Although women can vote and run for Parliament‚ if they do not follow the social norms‚ they are subject to beatings and torture for violating the norms. Although women do have certain rights‚ their rights are limited: A woman inherits half of the share of her brothers. A woman needs her husband’s permission to work outside the home or to leave the country. Norms:
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In Persepolis‚ a fictional graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji grows up in war-torn Iran. Being a young child‚ the violence and events around her influence her views and ideals as she matures. Event after event‚ Marji develops her own thoughts and ideas as she grows. The development of her own beliefs including the events that contribute to them convey the theme that violence is too deplorable to respond with more violence or lose innocent lives Satrapi develops the theme through the foil characters
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