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    Similarly the ‘ticking bomb scenario’ is a deception (is deceiving). It illustrates an ideal situation where: the national security officers have knowledge about the bomb being planted and time of detonation; they arrested the person that holds all the information needed; the person will tell the truth and give information before the explosion of the bomb. It is impractical as people can give unreliable information under torture in order to stop the practice. The presented scenario it is not impossible

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    reasons why torture is unacceptable. Reason 1: Hurting people is wrong, especially if they did not do anything or know anything. Reason 2: Peace, Love, and Harmony are the things people are fighting for and why wreck it if we fought for it for a long time and still haven’t achieved it. Reason 3: Traumatic experiences of torture, which could make the victim want to torture someone else like the bullying theory. My first reason why I say hurting innocent people is wrong, especially if they didn’t do

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    The united states have a couple of times captured the suspected terrorists and their subjection to interrogation including torture. The C.I.A has also detained suspects secretly and subjected them to inhuman treatment thus torture so that they could extract information. The authorization

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    productively, and lubricates the virtues and high aspirations of society. While safety is certainly a circumstance to be treasured, the vulnerability that pokes its head through the cracks should not be taken for granted. Deviations from the good times allow for the exploration of what we might be willing to do for our own well being. This is made especially clear through the recent American debate on torture. Nations have tortured, both within and without their own citizenry, for thousands

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    Torture

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    Delanders Thompson Ms.Solomon Honors English II May 9, 2014 Torture Used an Interrogation Strategy One of the most controversially talked about topics is should torture be used. Torture is one of the most extreme forms of human violence (Gernity). Torture dates back to 530 A.D, when Roman jurists espoused to virtues of torture as the highest form of truth (Green). Torture was a well-established American tradition (Gewen). Torture can be used to gain valuable information in a timely manner, and

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    Is Torture Right Or Wrong

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    quoted in Torture and the Ticking bomb by Bob Brecher,

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    Ethics and morality are broad topics of everyday life. Instinctively, we as humans know the difference between right and wrong but in some cases, our ethics will narrow. Actions and decisions become selfish and for the sole purpose of personal gain. In some cases, unethical ways may even be illegal. Noble cause corruption is a prime example of when a person will utilize unethical means for a result to benefit the greater good. Noble cause corruption differs with traditional corruption. Traditional

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    While the “ticking bomb” case would make an exception to torture during grave emergencies, making it “justified”. Sullum states, “Waterboarding and the other "enhanced interrogation techniques" were often counterproductive, eliciting false information or discouraging

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    The use of torture as a weapon for coercing an individual to do or say something of desire or for intimidation is a widely debated subject worldwide, though some level of torture is utilized by most countries, including those that are often regarded as being highly civil (Cahn, 2016, p.296-27). Given that, based on data from Amnesty International, the use of torture is on the rise, it is extremely important to explore the moral significance of torture as a weapon of both coercion and intimidation

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    dereliction of duty for any government not to keep Khalid Sheikh Mohammed isolated, disoriented, alone, despairing, . . . in order to find out what he knew about plans for future mass murder” (6). In concluding this thought, Krauthammer argues that the only time aggressive forms of interrogation techniques such as torture should be allowed are in the case of Mohammed and the al Qaeda, or in similar situations that include a terrorist who may hold vitally valuable information. In his article entitled The

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