Imagine your life depending on one piece of information. Would you do anything to find that piece of information out? That is why the use of torture on detainees, in America, should be justified.
The first reason torture should be justified is as follows: the use of torture can save lives and prevent future acts of terrorism. Through the process of torture, the US, was able to distinguish connections between Khalid Sheik Muhammed and Jose Padilla. The use of torture was conducted on al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. Khalid Sheik Muhammed and Jose Padilla are two international terrorists that have committed terrorist actions m42k.p against the United States. When Khalid Sheik Mohammed was taken by the US in Pakistan, the use of torture …show more content…
Torture is legal for two main reasons. The first reason is The Bush Administration was able to use the method of torture because they proved that it was enhanced interrogation. They did not call it torture. They are exactly the same because of the methods that are used. 15 out of the 18 techniques were allowed to be used by the Bush Administration, in 2002, on prisoners. Torture can be justified because of the morality issue. The use of torture vital to legal matters. Morality shows if the use of torture is for the higher law than it is acceptable to use it. The higher law is if it is for the greater good, then it should be acceptable. There was information on Mohammed's computer to show that he was planning on attacking Americans so it is moral to inflict pain on one man to save those thousands of lives that he was planning to kill. This is an example of the higher law. The use of torture is moral if it is for the greater good. From the evidence we can see that torture is legal and it is for the greater good which therefore makes it moral. This is why torture is legal and moral which therefore makes it …show more content…
Nearly two-thirds of the world uses torture, but if it is legal then why do they deny torturing anybody? The countries deny having any part in torturing and do not defend torture when they are asked about. It is not moral to inflict pain on anybody. The natural prohibits torture on anyone. It says that no one should suffer no matter what, it can do for the outcome. But the natural is silly when you think about. The higher law makes more sense. The use of torture depends on the severity of the act. It is not moral to torture someone if they stole a cheeseburger. It is moral to torture someone if thousands of lives. This is the higher law. Also, In America it is legal because Bush got around it by calling it enhanced
The first reason torture should be justified is as follows: the use of torture can save lives and prevent future acts of terrorism. Through the process of torture, the US, was able to distinguish connections between Khalid Sheik Muhammed and Jose Padilla. The use of torture was conducted on al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. Khalid Sheik Muhammed and Jose Padilla are two international terrorists that have committed terrorist actions m42k.p against the United States. When Khalid Sheik Mohammed was taken by the US in Pakistan, the use of torture …show more content…
Torture is legal for two main reasons. The first reason is The Bush Administration was able to use the method of torture because they proved that it was enhanced interrogation. They did not call it torture. They are exactly the same because of the methods that are used. 15 out of the 18 techniques were allowed to be used by the Bush Administration, in 2002, on prisoners. Torture can be justified because of the morality issue. The use of torture vital to legal matters. Morality shows if the use of torture is for the higher law than it is acceptable to use it. The higher law is if it is for the greater good, then it should be acceptable. There was information on Mohammed's computer to show that he was planning on attacking Americans so it is moral to inflict pain on one man to save those thousands of lives that he was planning to kill. This is an example of the higher law. The use of torture is moral if it is for the greater good. From the evidence we can see that torture is legal and it is for the greater good which therefore makes it moral. This is why torture is legal and moral which therefore makes it …show more content…
Nearly two-thirds of the world uses torture, but if it is legal then why do they deny torturing anybody? The countries deny having any part in torturing and do not defend torture when they are asked about. It is not moral to inflict pain on anybody. The natural prohibits torture on anyone. It says that no one should suffer no matter what, it can do for the outcome. But the natural is silly when you think about. The higher law makes more sense. The use of torture depends on the severity of the act. It is not moral to torture someone if they stole a cheeseburger. It is moral to torture someone if thousands of lives. This is the higher law. Also, In America it is legal because Bush got around it by calling it enhanced