Interrogation

The entertainment industry is constantly changing our perception of who we are, and our cultural trends. Due to shows such as 24, we have been led to believe that torture either saves thousands of innocents, or often leads to the arrest of dangerous criminals. These scenarios are being justified by using a ticking time bomb scenario, in which there is a limited amount of time before a bomb goes off. The truth of the matter is that these “ticking time bomb” scenarios are a myth, and almost never…

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…

couple times now innocent people being captured and tortured by the CIA. The number of innocent people detained by the CIA is, at least, 26. That doesn’t sound terribly bad, but it has to be remembered that the CIA detained and held “enhanced interrogations” on 115 suspected terrorists. Twenty-six is nearly a fifth of the terrorists they captured, but somehow, it gets worse. Some of the suspected terrorists were informants for the US government. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on…

(Krauthammer;70). The detainees their rights are constantly violated. So the detainees are treated like they're terrorist. These detainees are being waterboarded, stripped of their dignity, water doused and deprived of sleep “These Are The 13 'Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” The CIA Used On Detainees” Association Press. Waterboarding for example is used to simulate a drowning sensation by strapping the detainees to a board sloped downwards and covering their face with a washcloth or something…

continue to suffer for the rest of their lives. The mental and physical cost of torture can’t be disregarded. Not only is it physically and emotionally painful, it is also physically and emotionally traumatizing. For critics of the punishment and interrogation method, gaining information through the use of pain is incredibly barbaric and heinous. In the middle ages, torture was used as both a form of punishment and humiliation as well as a way of obtaining confessions. There are those who see…

Humanity Barred “I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling or the absence of it.” - Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin. The Human Rights Act is a document that was drafted in a time of global crisis. Article 5 is defined as a ban on torture or cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. While this document was created to combat torturous acts, unfortunately they have been repeated through history, ranging on a small scale to a global crisis. Society will continue to repeat acts…

The use of torture in the United States should not be justified. Torture is defined as intentionally causing physical, mental, emotional and psychological discomfort to the unwilling individual in order to gain information. This involves the employment of physical assault, administering mind-altering drugs, beatings, rape and all other behaviors that may most likely inflict heavy pain and bodily harm as well as affecting the mind of human beings. Personally, I am against the act of torture that…

Torture is defined as the international use of physical or physiological pain to gain advantage over one another. It has also been known as extreme anguish of body or mind. Torture has been around since the times of Ancient Greece and is still around today. Depending on the aim, even a form of torture that is intentionally fatal may be prolonged to allow the victim to suffer as long as possible. Torture is an act of inflicting pain, degrading someone, and exacting vengeance. One extremely…

The United Nation convention defined torture as an act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person to obtain information from him or other. In the ancient Roma and Greece practiced torture for those who were found guilt. In Roma, slaves were torture for, as either witnesses or as the accused. “common punishments included crucifixion, mutilation, and the subjection of the allegedly guilty person to the appetites of wild animals in an…

Humans are not robots; we are not only influenced by logic but also by emotions. So it is important that we explore moral aspects of torture. This is why I went into research on the ethics behind torture. In the book, “The Ethics of Torture”, authors J. Jeremy Wisnewski and R.D Emerick argue that there is no set definition of torture. Because there are so many types of torture whether it is for interrogational purposes or for mere sadistic purposes, one can’t have a set definition for it.…