Integrated Argument Draft
Ideally, an outsider gazing upon the faces of any organization: the CEOs, the boss, the head hancho, sees fearless, noble leaders with true intentions and a passion for taking care of their people. It is a perfect world where they are performing justly, all the time, without a doubt of deception. This perfect world is also one of ignorance. The United States military is one example of being known for ceaseless patriotism and a passion to protect our country and the constitution it is held up by. At it’s best, the United States military is known for unrelenting patriotism and a passion to uphold the freedoms of its people. At its worst, the seemingly perfect leadership causes incidents like Abu Ghraib to take place. …show more content…
The infamous Stanford Prison Study is dicussed in Mastroanni’s article to provide an example of how quickly ordinary people can turn into ruthless oppressors. “This explanation relies on he putative power of the situation transforming good people and causing them to do bad things.” (*cite?*) The example of the Standford Prison Study paralells the various touture crimes committed at Abu Ghraib. With the first, a handful of ostensibly innocent students transformed with their roles as “prison guards” in Dr. Zimbardo’s research study, compared to American soldiers put through a similar scenario. In both cases the trusted authority figures lost their humanity as a result of too much power with improper guidance from their superiors. *link sentence*
Those under the reign of tyrannical leaders and unfortunate circumstances are accepted as victims in scenarios like Abu Ghraib, although they were directly responsible for the crimes committed. “The few enlisted soldiers who were punished were scapegoats sacrificed to protect the Army chain of command and the high administration officials responsible for promoting these harsher policies and procedures.” This quote from Mastroanni’s article discussing Seymour Hersh’s different ideas of narratives at Abu Ghraib analyses the public opinion of the outcome of Abu Ghraib shown
Ideally, an outsider gazing upon the faces of any organization: the CEOs, the boss, the head hancho, sees fearless, noble leaders with true intentions and a passion for taking care of their people. It is a perfect world where they are performing justly, all the time, without a doubt of deception. This perfect world is also one of ignorance. The United States military is one example of being known for ceaseless patriotism and a passion to protect our country and the constitution it is held up by. At it’s best, the United States military is known for unrelenting patriotism and a passion to uphold the freedoms of its people. At its worst, the seemingly perfect leadership causes incidents like Abu Ghraib to take place. …show more content…
The infamous Stanford Prison Study is dicussed in Mastroanni’s article to provide an example of how quickly ordinary people can turn into ruthless oppressors. “This explanation relies on he putative power of the situation transforming good people and causing them to do bad things.” (*cite?*) The example of the Standford Prison Study paralells the various touture crimes committed at Abu Ghraib. With the first, a handful of ostensibly innocent students transformed with their roles as “prison guards” in Dr. Zimbardo’s research study, compared to American soldiers put through a similar scenario. In both cases the trusted authority figures lost their humanity as a result of too much power with improper guidance from their superiors. *link sentence*
Those under the reign of tyrannical leaders and unfortunate circumstances are accepted as victims in scenarios like Abu Ghraib, although they were directly responsible for the crimes committed. “The few enlisted soldiers who were punished were scapegoats sacrificed to protect the Army chain of command and the high administration officials responsible for promoting these harsher policies and procedures.” This quote from Mastroanni’s article discussing Seymour Hersh’s different ideas of narratives at Abu Ghraib analyses the public opinion of the outcome of Abu Ghraib shown