Is Torture Morally Wrong Essay

There is more to the subject of torture than what meets the eye or ear of American citizens. An issue that appears morally unjustifiable may become attractive and necessary in extreme and time clenching cases. How does one maintain their moral stature while advocating the physical and mental degradation of another human being? How can America uphold its standards promoting life, liberty, and happiness while stripping humans of every essence of these words in the cruelest of ways? To delve deeper into the subject of torture means to reveal the callous and cruel acts human beings are capable of when intelligence information is demanded. Torture is about more than torturer and victim, it’s about the whole nation revealing the moral or immoral backbone it stands upon. Torture is morally wrong. There is no justification, excuse or situation that can change this fact. Torture is the intentional infliction of hurt and harm on another and this is never right no matter what angle you …show more content…
Designing new ways of torture or in the case of the Busch administration, changing the definition or torture, could help gain new insight into what torture means for this country. I would never advocate the beating of another human being to the point of death for personal pleasure, but for the sake of a country I would. Although inflicting physical pain is the easiest and most popular tactic to gain results, it also expresses the weakness of our morality or lack thereof. Sydhoff explains how torture cannot “be used in a responsible and morally sound fashion” and in some respects I agree. But Sydhoff must place herself in the situation of the torturer who has a job to save lives and although this job is unique and unconventional it is still a job that must be done for the protection of a