Torture Essays

While there exists no acceptable rationale for the violence of the military regime, Paulina implies that she can forgive the individual for being fallible: she promises to release Miranda if he will confess to torturing and raping her. Miranda does not genuinely appear to ask for forgiveness; he does so only in the context of […]

Published in 1850, The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a book based on sin, guilt, and redemption. A woman, Hester Prynne, must bear the guilt of sin by wearing a scarlet “A” on her bosom. The reason she wears this letter is because she had a child by a man, Arthur Dimmesdale, who is […]

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the definition of evil Is “morally bad. ” However, after reading the memoir Night by Lie Wishes, one begins to question the depths of the superficial dictionary definition. In Lie’s memoir, he is able to show the capability of evil within mankind by describing his experiences through one of […]

Finnier’s book “Torture and Public Policy” (2010) examines the maltreatment of war prisoners by US military personnel in ABA Grab, Iraq, and Augmentation Bay, Cuba. The abuse was disseminated worldwide in 2003 through photographs. Although President Bush and Secretary of State Remorseful did not directly condone the abuse, they played a role leading up to […]

The Special Forces underwent SERE (Survival, Evasions, Resistance, and Escape) training which included waterboarding. However, this was not a means of torture but rather a method of survival. The board used in waterboarding is merely an instrument, not the method itself. The training focused on resistance rather than causing harm to others. Having a desire […]

Guantanamo Bay is a prison from the United States which is in Cuba. All kind of people are here in jail, but they are all very dangerous for the rest of the world. But one big problem is, is that it probably is going to close. A lot of people disagree with that decision so […]

While lying on the damp and rough surface, she was experiencing heavy bleeding from self-inflicted incisions. The instrument employed for this act was indistinguishable from the one used to shave her legs in previous weeks… Although it was originally designed for a different purpose, the tool had gained notoriety as a method of suicide. After […]

Torture as defined by the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) is described as the purposeful infliction of extreme physical suffering on a non-consenting and defenceless human being. 1 The reference to torture at an international level is only when torture is committed by a state or an agent of the state. Torture is banned […]

Zero Dark Thirty is a 2013 movie directed by award-winning manager Kathryn Bigelow. and is a narrative about the multiple time-skips of how Maya ( Jessica Chastain ) . a new CIA recruit. crush the odds which led to Osama Bin Laden’s ultimate decease. “Our plane’s been hijacked. I hope I can be able to […]

The Victorian era and the early twentieth century romanticized the Elizabethan era. According to the Encyclop? dia Britannica, the reign of Elizabeth I from 1558-1603 was considered England’s Golden Age. It was a time when England, also known as “Merry England,” celebrated life through music, literature, architecture, and adventurous seafaring. This idealized view was embraced […]

The main theme in the short story is the relationship between the Catholics and the Protestants and how the conflict can affect an innocent girl. The story takes places in Northern Ireland and is about a girl named Chrissy. She is a catholic and is going on a date with a boy named Ian who […]

From the historical perspective, the reason for noncitizen detention has been supported with several notions, namely: detention secures or prevents labor relationships with immigrants, immigrants will attend hearings, and they will cooperate with authorities. However, at the same time detention puts immigrants out due process and criminal justice protections. David Cole, constitutional law expert, points […]

Dr. Michael Levin is a philosophy professor at the City University of New York. His areas of research interest include publications on metaphysics, epistemology, race, homosexuality, animal rights, the philosophy of archeology, the philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, and the philosophy of science. In his article “The Case for Torture” published by Newsweek in […]

Interrogation describes the art of convincing an individual to give up information that is perceived to be withheld. Interrogation is commonly employed by law enforcement professionals on suspects from whom information and details pertaining the crimes they are accused of is sought. Interrogations are interviews with a basic goal of establishing a purposeful exchange to […]

The trial of dedan kimathi is an excellent example of Agit-prop theatre. This kind of theatre first emerged in 1920 in Soviet Union with the aim of instigating people into doing something. One of the devices which are used as a revolutionary tool to is the incorporating of many trials in the play. According to […]

John Locke Vs. Bernard Williams In this essay, I will be explaining John Locke’s case of the prince and the cobbler and Bernard Williams’s second description of the A-body person and the B-body person. Bernard Williams has the correct analysis of the situation where the body is part of self-identity since it is inevitable for […]

In a 2006 survey conducted by BBC News, it was found that 58% of Americans consider all forms of torture to be morally unacceptable (“One-third” 1). Paradoxically, horror films such as Saw and Hostel, which depict brutal killings solely for audience entertainment, proved to be extremely lucrative at the box office in both 2004 and […]

Summary: Unthinkable is directed by Gregory Jordan released in June 2010,the movie is about a terrorist who detonate 3 nuclear bombs in 3 cities of America . The person who detonate 3 nuclear bombs is detained by FBI and Army of United States and was tortured by them in order to tell them where he […]

M. Acetone. This novel followed the experience of a man known as the Magistrate, who was himself part of a group violating the rights of another group of human beings. The Magistrate’s people captured, tortured, and murdered many innocent “barbarians”, and although the Magistrate himself never participated in the acts of violence, he felt guilty […]

Democracies that use torture to get information, strikes to kill and rendition to deal with the problem of terrorism have the challenge of justifying the actions. Such actions present significant violation of human rights. Regardless of this and since terrorism causes a danger to a larger population of citizens; the use of torture can be […]

Torture is mostly used to install fear on an individual and in return getting a particular information or as a form of revenge. Torture does not worth the information due to heroes in most of the countries fight to the end without giving out the information of their countries. The deepest appreciation is reserved for […]

Michael Levin is a philosophy professor at City University of New York. As a scholar, his works are mostly related to philosophy and one of his masterpiece is the article The Case for Torture, which was published by Newsweek in 1982. In this article, he argued that using torture as a means to save many […]