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Title: Ethics of Duty, Rights and Terrorism

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Terrorism is an inhuman act to humanity, and severe actions must be taken to curb this

activity. I do not agree with torturing a terrorism suspect to gain any information. It is not moral

to use an individual as means to access the information needed in whatever way; it may be

torture or threat. An act of torture may not justify a future prevention of a terrorist attack in the

United States. For example, the federal officials may arrest a U.S citizen, and due to his or her

religion or race is suspected of terrorism and is subjected to torture for the officials to retrieve

information. According to practical imperative formulation states that one cannot use another

person as a means. So in the case of torture interrogators and the federal officials use the suspect

as a tool to retrieve information through torture which is not a moral act. It is in their line of duty

to ensure that they get the required information and to protect the U.S citizens from a future

terror attack (Bellamy, 2013). Torturing a suspect does not guarantee that the information will be

retrieved because the suspect may die in the process or may have no clue of any terrorism

information. Torture is immoral because the suspect is treated as a means to accomplish the goals

of the interrogators and the federal officials. Also, abusing an individual because he or she is

suspected of terrorism does not guarantee future prevention of an attack.

I do not agree with sending the suspects to other countries with less human rights

standards to be more aggressive to them (Banks, 2012). By doing this the defendants human

rights are violated and thus, the suspect may not be in a position to do anything but to comply

with the act that he or she is accused of even though he or she is innocent. Also, by moving the

suspect to another country for more aggressive torture is an immoral act because the federal

officials may do anything in their power to get the information they require without caring about

the suspects well being.

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References

Banks, C. (2012). Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice. London: SAGE Publications.

Bellamy, A. (2013). Fighting Terror: Ethical Dilemmas. London: Zed Books Ltd.