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In August of 2008 the late Christopher Hitchens wrote an essay published in Vanity Fair that was titled “Believe Me, It’s Torture”. This essay was unique because of its strange pairing of content and audience. Christopher Hitchens had decided to put a fairly controversial political essay in a magazine that targets women, covers fashion and pop culture, and typically steers away from politics entirely. This shows that his intended audience was the average adult woman in america. Christopher…

Dialawar was an Afghan detainee who was beaten,sleep deprived and chained up for 5 unrelenting days until he died. However, it was later discovered that Dilawar had no connection to the rocket attack that he was apprehended for.( No torture,2008). Due to the C.I.A.’s misidentification of who Dilawar was mistaken for his last days were horrible and unjust. Unfortunately, the damage was already done. However, Dilawar was not the only victim of this “torture”. Another man who endured the brutal…

Waterboarding is defined in Webster’s dictionary as “an interrogation technique in which water is forced into a detainee’s mouth and nose as to induce the sensation of drowning” (Merriam-Webster, 2014). It is performed to obtain information that can be useful to the interrogator in the furtherance of his/her goals. The use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique was first documented in the 14th century. It involved the use of water to induce confessions as a “normal incident of law”…

Imagine that you are a child living in Afghanistan waking up early every morning to go to a water tap that just runs for 2 hours every other day. In the video “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Zarf Nazar and the article “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon both explain this problem even though they have many similarities and differences. There are many similarities between the video “The Plight of Afghanistan’s Child Water Carriers” by…

The debate regarding the ethical acceptance of torturing a person in the War on Terrorism is a difficult decision/stance to take. It fluctuates throughout our society. Even those who have strong spirituals belief may sway when it comes to making the final choice of to torture or not to torture. My opinion is that if you commit the crime you must accept the punishment; but torture. Well, I believe that when a person is tortured they are likely not to confess the truth. They may paint a…

Torture is by its very nature, a touchy subject. The act of extorting information through pain strips a person of their inalienable dignity. Because of this the subject should not be taken lightly. Therefore it is important however to think logically about what torture is doing. A hypothetical situation it can make this easier to depict. Since it is such a heavy decision to harm a human being the long term effects must be considered. Also the legitimacy of the information must also be considered…

Do you know how serious heinous crimes are throughout the U.S.?! And how many people get away with it?! It’s hard to get an answer out of someone that may be responsible for the crime, so I feel as if torture should defiantly be considered as a tool of interrogation. It’s way easier for detectives to receive answers, reduces the chance of the person being found not guilty and committing the crime again and also makes it safer for kids to walk to and from school without being paranoid. This is a…

In this essay I defend the nature of the balance of civil liberties, rights and torture by drawing upon Jeremy Waldron, Henry Shue and Jeff McMahan’s view on the morality of torture. Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological pain to an individual who is restrained and defenseless. Reasons for torture can include punishment, revenge, political re-education, deterrence, interrogation or coercion of the victim or a third party, or simply the sadistic…

Kyle Duffy Dr. Conway Ethics and the Common Good 9/25/14 The Psychological Manipulation of Detainees in the Interrogation Setting The Practice The practice of psychological manipulation of detainees in the interrogation setting is a common one but not necessarily a simple one. The Oxford English Dictionary defines manipulation as, “The action or an act of managing or directing a person, etc., esp. in a skillful manner; the exercise of subtle, underhand, or devious influence or control over a…

of barbaric torture involves having a detainee being restrained and strapped to an inclined board or platform. A cloth is used to cover the detainee’s face and water is then poured onto the inclined face and into the prisoner’s mouth or nose. The technique simulates the sensation of drowning without suffering asphyxiation, but nevertheless, the detainee can become unconscious and or die. As a Criminal Justice graduate student, I’ve read articles with victims’ testimonies of this torturous…