Is torture ever justified? 4A
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No
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If it is a last means of obtaining information which could save all of mankind, torture should be implemented. A terrorist has planted a bomb in the middle of a school somewhere in the US. The FBI has him in custody, but laws against torture prohibit any kind of rough interrogation. The agents know that it will cost thousands of lives if they can not get the information out of the terrorist very soon, but their only weapons against the terrorist are asking nicely, or laying down empty threats. The terrorist knows this and taunts the agents. Think about if it was your school. All of your friends, teachers, and their friends, and their friends friends would be lost. Should the FBI agents implement torture as a means of saving lives? I belive they should. Torture is riskey, can cause the person to lie or say anything to get away from the torture, but the fact is that sometimes it works. If all of mankind was at stake, and torture could even possibly help, it should be done. Side: yes
When torture can save lives or prevent disasters it is justifiable, but torture for the sake of torture or for evil or selfish reasons is not. Torture should always be a last resort, reserved for the worst people, worst in the sense that they have harmed innocent lives or are purposely a danger to society as a whole. Torture is also a better alternative to death in that the person being tortured still has a chance at living. However, the torture of prisoners, as in war, should never be practiced. Side: yes
Torture is not a justifiable mean of extracting information because many people will say whatever will get the torture to stop. However, it is justifiable if death is not punishment enough for the atrocious acts the individual has committed. For example, if Hitler was caught before he committed suicide, supposedly, all we would have been able to do would be to give him a lethal injection which is quick and painless. I believe that he should have had at least one day of torture for every death he was directly responsible for. However, this brings up the argument that people could be tortured for things that they haven't done, but the fact is people are being tortured every day in the United States prison system for acts they didn't commit. I believe that people should be proven beyond that of normal reasonable doubt and they must be sentenced by a jury that knows full well about torture methods so that proper punishment for that individual is sentenced. Side: yes
To an extent, torture is justified. For example, you can torture someone into doing something in a non violent way. Sometimes torture can be used in a joking/funny way. The only time torture is not justified is when it can determine the person's personal well being. Side: yes
Torture in most cases is very wrong and inhumane. But, as a last resort in very rare situations it can be justified. Say someone you dearly love, like your daughter, has been kidnapped, and you have someone with information on her whereabouts, and the only way to extract that information is through torture. I believe then in those severe circumstances torture can be justified. Side: yes
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If the victim is a terrorist or a threat to society and the torture is to extract vital information that may save or kill alot of innocent people, I believe torture can be justified. To torture a threat to society I believe you need concrete evidence that the person has or had information and is a threat. Tortue unless evidence is provided is not justifiable. Side: yes
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The death penalty is torture. Someone who has committed a horrific crime could be strapped down and injected with a needle that stops the heart-beat. Or, that person could be electrocuted. In this case, torture is reasonable and should be allowed. You can also torture someone into going somewhere that only you want to go to, and they don't. This is an example of a tolerated, non-violent type of torture. You can even torture someone's mind by giving them too much information on an assignment, and their brain overloads. Even boredom can be complete torture for some people. Torture can be justified, just to a certain degree when it comes to violence. Side: Yes
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Why would you torture someone anyway? I'm sure the situation could be resolved in any other way, and if thought that there isn't another way but to torture them, why wouldn't you just kill them there? Also, why would you do something to others as you (I'm sure) would not like to be "done"; meaning why would you torture somebody if you don't want to be tortured. As written in the bible, it says "As you sow, so shall you reap." and if you torture a person, you should expect to get it back. Side: No
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Torture is when equality is thrown out the window. It is when the man being torture is seen as an animal. If the man is guilty, he is tortured and if the man is innocent he is tortured. What does an innocent man do if he is being tortured? He can say that he did commit a crime or lie about what happened and get killed or he can just say nothing and keep getting tortured. People can be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. So my main argument is innocence itself. We can all agree that we would never want to be tortured ourselves, but when it is some Arab guy out of nowhere that was sent to prison we can torture the crap out of him. We are human. We are supposed to be the civil and the just ones. So all of a sudden the animals are the better ones. Also, torture does not necessarily mean we automatically get what we want. The people who are most likely going to be tortured are trained to accept the torture and not say anything. It is pointless. It is inhumane to wound someone repeatedly physically and emotionally. Side: No
Torture isn't justified. In any cases, it shouldn't be okay. How would you feel if every day you came to school, someone was bullying you or pressuring you to do things that you don't want to do. That isn't right. You may feel like one day you just are tired of it and can't take it anymore and you stand up for yourself and do things to the bully that he did to you. You may feel good about it, but in the end what did help? Now he's still going to bully you. You don't fight fire with fire. Side: yes
Abusing and mistreating a human being without their consent is never justified, and should never be allowed. To physically/mentally induce pain on someone in order to make them say or do something to your will is pure savagery. There are so many other choices other than torture which can benefit each side equally such as bargaining and negotiation that torture shouldn't even be considered as an option. Side: No
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No matter how agitated you are or what the situation is you should never torment someone. When ever you are afflicted or rgaed and you feel like your on the verge of having a hysteric outburst, you should consider the outcome of your action.Torturing and harrassing someone is not the way to deal with an issue. this kind of response to the sitution can be distressful for both you and the victim. Side: No
Whether torturing is good or bad is a matter of morals. Testing someone's endurance or will power is inhumane. Even if torturing someone results in vital information, it does not make that act of torturing any more right. Even if that information might save lives, the suffering of one life for the sake of many still is not justified. Alternative methods could be used that do not result in injustice. Side: No
If a person killed 6 people for their protection, then I feel they shouldn't be tortured because they are protecting themselves. If a person set a bomb in a school, and we capture the person, then we should get the information humanely, and not by torture because torture only leads to death. I feel that everybody should get treated the same, and if you torture someone for murder, then what happens to all the rest of the murderers? I feel that if you torture someone, then you have to torture all the rest of the people who have done the same crime, and than only lead to death. Side: No
Torture is inhumane, and even if depending on the situation I honestly don't think its nessecary. Unless it is vital and causing a threat to society its never needed. It's just morally wrong, to be able to stoop lowly to cause another to endure pain when their are alternative ways to fish out infomation. But overall in most situation torture should never be justified. Side: No
If a person killed 6 people for their protection, then I feel they shouldn't be tortured because they are protecting themselves. If a person set a bomb in a school, and we capture the person, then we should get the information humanely, and not by torture because torture only leads to death. I feel that everybody should get treated the same, and if you torture someone for killing, then what happens to all the rest of the murderers? I feel that if you torture someone for a certain crime, then you have to find all the criminals who commited that crime and treat them the same by torturing them, and that can waste money and time. Side: No
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