Torture is defined as infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion, as defined on Dictionary.com. In his essay, "The Case for Torture", Michael Levin discusses the tactics and idea of torturing terrorists to either gain information from them or to let them know that United States does not have any good thoughts about terrorism. This following essay will be discussing if what Levin is saying is an efficient way, if the purpose of the paper is clear to the certain type of audience he is trying to get at, and also what type of attitude does Levin have towards the topic.
In this paper the audience that Levin is seemingly try to get his point across to is pretty much anyone who lives in the Unites States and the government. He is trying to persuade them that torture on any sort of terrorist is a good thing. He believes that if you do not torture a terrorist there is no other way you can be able to gain important information from them about any bombs that they have planted. As you can see here is an example of what is trying to be proved, "Suppose a terrorist has hidden a bomb on Manhattan Island which will detonate at noon on July 4 unless .Suppose, further, that he is caught at 10 am of the fateful day, but - preferring death to failure- won't disclose where the bomb is. What do we do? If we follow due process-wait for his lawyer, arraign him-millions of people will die. If the only way to save those lives is to subject the terrorist to the most excruciating possible pain, what grounds can there be for doing so?" Levin's reason for wanting to persuade the audience of people of the Unites States is to convince them that torture is alright on terrorists because even though it is immoral to do so, it will still save an extreme amount of lives by doing it. I believe that there position on the issue is that Levin is for torture, only because he knows that it will save many lives in the long run.
Everything in the world has two sides, good and bad (Positive and Negative) and so does torture. ... Torture is a good way to teach a lesson but every thing should have a limit. When torture exceeds the limit, it becomes bad. ... How ever, it is not good when a person gets to much torture and becomes rigid. ... Another bad effect of the torture is that, a criminal might not confess crime due to get scared of torture. ...
Before proceeding to the question of the moral justifiability of torture and understanding of what the Utilitarianism Theory is, what it means for something to be morally justified, what torture is and when it is used and what are situations where torture is morally justified is needed. ... If the objective is good or allows the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, then it does not matter if the way to achieve it is bad or wrong or evil; therefore the ends justifies the means. If a person does something that is deemed 'morally justified' it means that the good outco...
How is torture defined? ... This "Torture Myth" (Jeannine Bell 340) has three major presuppositions that feed the self fulfilling prophecy which keeps torture around in the modern age. Bell lists these assumptions as: torture is only used against individuals whom the Government has clearly established have strong ties to terrorism, the information possessed by those we would torture is valuable, and, lastly, torture is effective. ... Thankfully, in a twist of good fortune for this poor man, the real Hajji Fateh Muhammad was killed in a drone strike. ... Many torture advocates cite ...
Michael Levin's "The Case for Torture"" argues that there are various reasons for allowing torture to exist in the United States of America (1). ... Because of lack of good logic and reasoning, most of the reasoning he gives is heavily based on pathetic appeals. ... He purposely italicizes the word "you" because he wants you to sink into that thought, and make you feel really bad about the situation. ... He does a good job of making it clear exactly what he means. ... He does a good job by explaining that it means the unwillingness of dirtying ones hands. ...
In this book, goodness is associated with civilization and the desire to live by the rules whereas evil is associated with savagery and the quest for power (sparknotes.com) Throughout the novel, Ralph (whom represents the good side) is at a constant battle with Jack (who represents the bad side) in the attempt to overcome his cruel and malicious ways. One can easily distinguish the good side from the bad through their contrasting tactics, regulations and personalities both politically and spiritually. ... This shows that he is still civilized because he is afraid to kill another living thin...
To the young and impressionable minds of our society today, James Bond is not a good influence. ... Golden Eye, produced in 1995, saw Bond saving the world from a vengeance-crazed megalomaniac Russian and then just last year in "Die Another Day" agent 007 was seen to be tortured by a new enemy, this time North Korea. ... The "bad guy " in "The World is Not Enough" was a French international terrorist, depicted to be an eccentric psychopath, whom Bond chose to conquer through violence and destruction. In our day and age Hollywood blockbusters should not be differentiating "bad guys" from "go...
It seemed like every other day I was being picked on and teased, but one day, a day proving to be good, I was dared, even though I knew it was foolish (adverb clause closer), I couldn't just turn away and run from it. ... The agony, the torture, the horrifying pain was killing me alive. ... It hurt so bad that I literally wanted to go to the hospital, but I did not want to tell my parents. ... I had no choice other than to put up with the humiliation for at least two weeks, until it started to not look as bad. ...
George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. ... If George hadn't killed Lennie then Curley would have tortured. ... He gave him a mercy killing, rather than Curley's torture. ... Sometimes doing the right thing is the hard thing but that is what separates the good from the bad. ...
George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. ... If George hadn't killed Lennie then Curley would have tortured. ... He gave him a mercy killing, rather than Curley's torture. ... Sometimes doing the right thing is the hard thing but that is what separates the good from the bad....
