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The Case for Torture
Summary: An analysis on Michael Levin's article on "The Case for Torture," which articulates that the use of torture is necessary in order to safeguard the lives of innocent people and is therefore justifiable.
I seek to provide an analysis on Michael Levin's article on "The Case for Torture." This article mainly articulates that the use of torture is necessary in order to safeguard the lives of the many innocents and is justifiable.
In his given example, he argues that the mass murder of millions of innocent people by a terrorist justifies the use of torture to stop such an extreme barbaric act. Indeed this is a question of moral on the action of inflicting pain. Take a look at the scenario of a war. We will never say that it is immoral to let out soldiers kill or inflict pain on the enemies in a war because we know that it is the only way to safeguard our nation's sovereignty and the lives of our people. The motives are very clear as mentioned. Thus it is justifiable to let our soldiers...
This section contains 966 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |