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Pros And Cons Of Torture

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Terrorism simply means unauthorized or unofficial use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. Most people tie that word with the word Muslim. Torture means the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. Al Qaeda which is Arabic for “the base”, is a complicated international Islamist terrorist net that is made up of regional affiliate institution and clandestine structure with different degrees of communication with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, this group’s principles and functioning leaders. Muslim extremists such as Al Qaeda want to perpetuate a campaign of terror against the United …show more content…

No. As positioned down in certain treaties such as the Geneva Conventions, the UN Convention opposed to Torture and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the outlaw on torture or any other cruel act that is classified as inhuman or shameful treatment is complete, even in war times. As well as genocide, torture is the only crime that every state uses for most punishments, it doesn’t matter who did the crime or where. Defenders of this soft and barring offer have started arguments that orbit from the moral torture devalues and pollutes the society that allows it to the applied. In most cases people believe that some people will just say anything when being tortured because they obviously want it to stop. The acts that were done on September 11th have not attracted any rich democracy to back it up and make torturing legal. Yet they have motivated the curve of definitions and the turning of “blind eyes”. There is an increasingly higher enthusiasm among governments that would never allow and practice torture to get information which less nervous states have obtained and gained through …show more content…

Obama wanted to start reviewing all of their cases individually. His goal was to close Gitmo but he found out that it was a little more difficult than he thought therefore never actually closing down Gitmo. One of the reasons he did not go through with it was because he was worried for everyone’s safety after all these men that are in prison are known to be super bad and “terrorists.” Since 2007, six hundred and three Gitmo prisoners have been released and ninety seven of them have returned to the acts of terrorism that put them in the jail before. The most recent one hundred Gitmo prisoners that have been released are the ones that are creating the most problems now that they are out (Fox analyst). The cost to house a detainee at Gitmo bay is about $800,000 per year. Obama was trying to save money by letting some of the prisoner’s cases be reviewed to see if they really are “technically” guilty. The “enhanced interrogation technique” should be used on the Gitmo bay prisoners because like I stated previously it is strictly a psychological mindset that while the water boarding is happening they are set to believe that they are drowning when they are not, making them want to talk and release information that will help solve some of the cases that has not been solved. On the other hand

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Many have said that they would want nonlethal torture to be used in such cases but “did not want torture to be officially recognized by our legal system.” Similar statements have posited that while “torture might be necessary in a given situation it could never be right.” This approach, that of keeping torture off-the-books, is in direct conflict with the necessity for accountability and transparency in a democracy. A democracy cannot work if the public is kept in the dark. The public must know what is going on in order to approve or disapprove.

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My opposition to torture fall under the beliefs of the absolutist Kant, who states that no matter what the circumstance is, something that is wrong will always be wrong (Boothe 2006, 12). Therefore, concerning the issue of torture, in this world or any other world, torture is immoral. In this paper, I will employ the ethical frameworks of virtue, rights, and fairness to argue against torture when viewed from the perspective of the victim, the torturer, and any outside source. Furthermore, I will dismantle the ticking-bomb scenario by deducing the incapability to achieve full certainty deeming these scenarios unrealistic.

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According to Jane Mayer, the author of The Dark Side, the US used lawyers to make such actions ‘legal’ and that the ‘punishments’ were not cruel and unusual as long as they didn’t meet the lawyers definition of ‘torture’. This is a prime example of political corruption. To be politically corrupt does not show much change in US values. However, the manner of this political corruption does. By openly going against the US Constitution and publicly defending these decisions the US has made a very evident statement: no longer does it abide by the political values it once represented.

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In discussions of torture, one controversial issue has been whether torture is an effective mean to gain information from terrorists. On the one hand, many people would argue that torture is a very effective mean to gain information. On the other hand, there is a large amount of people who contends that torture is not the only means to gain the same information. My own view is that there are better ways to gain information from terrorists other than torturing them. I disagree with torture being an effective mean to gain information because; as recent research has shown it can be ineffective.

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The main reason for the location of the detainee camp known as Guantanamo Bay was because it was not located on American soil. It is stated in the Constitution that if you are in America and are questioned for a crime that was committed, a person is allowed the right to a fair trial with a jury. Another aspect is that once a person has been tried and found innocent of a charge, they cannot be retried for the same thing. Therefore the detainees located at Guantanamo are not covered by the American constitution because they are not located in American waters or on American soil. All these tactics are used to justify torture of the detainees.

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Torture is a grim and controversial aspect of humanity that has, unfortunately, found a place in the history of the United States. Despite the nation's foundation on principles of liberty, justice, and the rule of law, there have been numerous instances where these ideals were compromised through the use of torture. The paradox of a country that puts human rights on such a high pedestal while simultaneously engaging in practices that violate these very rights presents a significant moral and ethical dilemma. From the early colonial period, through the disastrous times of war, to the modern era of complex society, the history of torture in the United States is both a reflection of the United State’s darkest moments and a test of its resolve

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Bush signed a brief memorandum titled “Humane Treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda Detainees” (PDF). The caption was a cruel irony, an Orwellian bit of business, because what the memo authorized and directed was the formal abandonment of America’s commitment to key provisions of the Geneva Convention. This was the day, a milestone on the road to Abu Ghraib: that marked our descent into torture — the day, many would still say, that we lost part of our soul” (Bushs Torture Program Began Ten Years Ago. " The Future of Freedom Foundation. N.p., 29 Oct. 2012.

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Imagine being forced to put on a heavy iron boot and having molten lead poured into it, burning your foot, and melting the skin (Perl). This is what the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay had to deal with often. Guantanamo Bay, aka GITMO, which holds terrorists, is a prison located in Cuba on the Caribbean Islands. Although Barack Obama ordered the prison to be closed, due to difficulties with moving all the prisoners, the closure of GITMO was never followed through with. Built in 1903, there have been over 775 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, while 55 people remain there as of now.

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The government knew that this new way of interrogation for the suspects was going to be painful, and shocking and far beyond of what the country had ever accepted. Torture is unnecessary in the article titled ¨Senate overwhelmingly bans torture across U.S. government¨ the journalist from CNN explained that the senate has banned torture for multiple reasons. The senate bans torture across the U.S. government, torture was banned because it was unnecessary and a current law already bans torture. U.S. officials describe torture as ¨unnecessary, cruel, and inhuman¨ and it is considered degrading treatment or punishment, they believe anything past interrogation it compromises our values and assures that the United States will never go down that dark path again.

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The detainees were not barred from seeking habeas or invoking the Suspension Clause merely because they had been designated as enemy combatants or held at Guantanamo

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Therefore, the motives of those viewing torture as “ok” in the situation, are no longer pure. These ideals allowed me to rethink my perspective on torture. No matter the actions of an individual, or the consequences of not torturing someone, I have began to realize that no

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Many say no torture because they fear it would “corrupt democratic institutions, diminish our moral authority in the world, cause torture to become routine and widespread in society, and arouse worldwide resentment and anger towards us” (688). They would say that torture is not morally permissible, and does not truly work. A non-consequentialist might believe that torture disregards human life, and is disrespectful, no matter what the other has done. They would say that the answer to torture “is an absolutist no - torture is the use of a person merely as a means, a clear instance of a lack of respect for a human being. Torture is therefore always wrong” (687).

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So as you can see torture isn’t always used to harm someone, But used to help get out information on terrorism or a terrorist attack that could endanger people. Even if torture was illegal everywhere it would still be used because no matter what torture has been around for many years and years. As said that Torture is practiced in more than 90% of all countries in the world big or small, dictatorship or democracy it will always be used to get information out of

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Torture is universally prohibited in both national and International law worldwide. It is a fundamental violation of human rights that cannot be derogated from. Essentially, torture is said to constitute any physical and mental act by which severe pain or suffering is intentionally inflicted upon a person ( UNCAT).Torture is mainly used for purposes that are set out to degraded, embarrass, and induce destruction in the person being subjected to torture and those in close relation to the person being tortured .Torture is a mechanism used by those in authoritative positions to preserve themselves in power (Power, 2006:2). Despite the universal prohibition on torture, its use has been widespread throughout history, and especially of late in the wake of September 11 2001 and other recent terrorist atrocities to combat the aforementioned heinous terrorist attacks.

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