Torture

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…

Zero Dark Thirty: Torture Introduction Popular 2012 film “Zero Dark Thirty” depicted several scenes of intense questioning and the use of torture on captured persons believed to be connected to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden (OBL). The conclusion to that part of the story consisted of a resilient prisoner being kept awake for four days straight, and when he recovered he found himself being rewarded. His captors told him he had broken and given them information, so they were treating him nicely…

Introducing the author Daniel J. Hill, he made good points on views of torture on how it could be permissible and not permissible. He introduced different scenarios on how to look at torture and was very interesting. One view he gave was a “defense case” that expressed that the officer spots a terrorist who plans to detonate a bomb that could risk lives of many. The officer made the choice to tase the terrorist just enough to paralyze him from making the bomb go off. Another case was the…

Violence, most notably took the form of torture during the Algerian war. Due to the immense violence of the war, it was difficult to come to terms even decades after. Torture took many forms of pain, humiliation and shaming of the Algerians in order to gain information. The information that was at stake helped the French to bring down the hierarchy of the FLN. Although torture helped the French win battles, in the end it might of cost them the war by bringing more Algerians to the FLN’s side.…

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 actually occur. Under the Canadian constitution and international law, using torture or enhanced interrogative techniques…

Interrogation and Torture In the Roman civilization torture was used mostly as a means of entertainment in the form of gladiator fights, and throughout history torture has been used as punishment by the state the senate, the public, and even the church. In the 17th and 18th century torture had its fall and that was thought to be the end of the era of harsh physical torture. However Since 2001 there has been a rise in torture. Im sure everyone knows what an interrogation is. To some of you an…

Military Torture Our military and government should be allowed to interrogate and torture anyone at anytime if it could save American lives. Any technique of torture such as waterboarding should be legal. If our military was given permission to do whatever it takes to get a terriost to talk we could save many lives and possible stop future attacks and maybe end a war. I believe enabling our military to torture terrorists in any would be beneficial to our country. A pro of military torture…

to truly “show no mercy.” While an effective torture is carried out, the virtues of all involved are expensed. The argument in the case for torture overlooks the sacrifices made by those who must alter their entire mentality in a most twisted sense. To knowingly require this of someone requires a problematic moral contradiction in both the torturer and those advocating for the use of torture.…

The Useless Brute Historically, States have used torture for everything from fear-mongering to legal punishments. In the modern United States, debate on the usage of torture by the State has focused on the morality of using torture to extract information, generally from terrorists or suspected terrorists held in US, or allied, custody. However, there are no realistic scenarios in which the application of torture against prisoners of the United States is ethically permissible. One of the more…

Torture Warrants Essay Response to the Reading I will begin by stating that when it comes to torture, I am fully against it if there is not an extremely good reason for it. No type of torture (psychological, physical, emotional, and sexual) should be done willy-nilly. I also condemn the involvement of innocents (such as unknowing family members or friends). If, however, the situation did call for extreme levels of torture, I would do it with no qualms whatsoever. Concerning the readings, I agree…