If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor to take into account when considering the acceptability of torture practices is the so-called "ticking time-bomb scenario....

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For example, according to James Rachels, the most common argument in support of euthanasia is one that we may call "the argument from mercy". ... Our reflexes and responses fit us to fight attackers, flee wild animals, and dodge out of the way of trucks. ...

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If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasive that it is even drawn from our psychological biology, and can be found in the very confines of the wild, this of course then shirks the argument that aggression in the form of "torture" can be considered "inhumane.... Another factor to take into account when considering the acceptability of torture practices is the so-called "ticking time-bomb scenario....

• Word Count: 1327
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Deforestation, because it clears land by burning, destroys habitat and the wild life in it, such as orangutans and tigers, both of which are endangered. ... In a news report by Simon Warrall for National Geographic, published January 11th 2015, the former prime minister of Britain, Gordon Brown, called the deforestation of Bornean rainforest in Sarawak "probably the biggest environmental crime of our times.... Instead of exposing these violations they are addressed by a 75% industry-governed voluntary verification system called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil or RSPO. ...

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