Desperate Times
Would you ever hurt someone? What if hurting that someone meant that you would be seen as a hero amongst many? What if hurting someone meant that you were able to save innocent lives? What if hurting someone meant that you lost a piece of yourself and what it means to be human? `The topic at hand is if it is ever justifiable to torture someone under any circumstance. Ever since the 9/11 attacks the United States government has been very cautious on anything relating to homeland security. Since the 9/11 attacks Washington Post conducted a nation wide survey that states, majority of Americans believe that its okay to use harsh interrogation techniques on suspects considered to be terrorist. The margin of Americans who believe this is nearly two to one, fifty-nine percent believe that it's okay to torture while as the thirty-one percent believe that it is never okay to do so. However the arguments that proponents for torture have are very understandable.
One arguement proponents for toruture would say is for you to imagine if a bomb has been planted in the heart of a nearby city, the police have made everyone aware of who the culprit is and provided profound evidence against the man …show more content…
Interrogating one man can help reveal additional information to help foil any other possible plans the terrorist may have up his sleeves. In addition the utilitarian principle still applies in this situation. In fact, it is even more justifiable, because the torturer only places one person in pain. Not only do you get to save more lives, but torturing someone only causes them temporary physical pain. Killing thousands is permanent damage. The benefits massively outweigh the cost of torture. One man isn't worth the lives. Of
Would you ever hurt someone? What if hurting that someone meant that you would be seen as a hero amongst many? What if hurting someone meant that you were able to save innocent lives? What if hurting someone meant that you lost a piece of yourself and what it means to be human? `The topic at hand is if it is ever justifiable to torture someone under any circumstance. Ever since the 9/11 attacks the United States government has been very cautious on anything relating to homeland security. Since the 9/11 attacks Washington Post conducted a nation wide survey that states, majority of Americans believe that its okay to use harsh interrogation techniques on suspects considered to be terrorist. The margin of Americans who believe this is nearly two to one, fifty-nine percent believe that it's okay to torture while as the thirty-one percent believe that it is never okay to do so. However the arguments that proponents for torture have are very understandable.
One arguement proponents for toruture would say is for you to imagine if a bomb has been planted in the heart of a nearby city, the police have made everyone aware of who the culprit is and provided profound evidence against the man …show more content…
Interrogating one man can help reveal additional information to help foil any other possible plans the terrorist may have up his sleeves. In addition the utilitarian principle still applies in this situation. In fact, it is even more justifiable, because the torturer only places one person in pain. Not only do you get to save more lives, but torturing someone only causes them temporary physical pain. Killing thousands is permanent damage. The benefits massively outweigh the cost of torture. One man isn't worth the lives. Of