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English language presentation

Is torture ever acceptable ?


Group Members
Syed Ali Zain Naqvi
L1F19BSCS0214 Presented To :
Faran Mazhar
L1F19BSCS0202
Professor Mohammad Shahid
Mohammad Faizan
L1F19BSCS0185
IS TORTURE EVER ACCEPTABLE?

Torture is the act of deliberately hurting someone,


physically or psychologically, as a punishment or as
means of obtaining some information.
TORTURE AFTER WORLD WAR II
• Although in decline after the Second World War, torture
continues to be used not only in dictatorships but also in some
democracies.
• Some claim that torture may be a necessary evil to
guarantee peace and security.
• But many doubt of the real effectiveness of torture.
THESIS
• Many people may argue that torture should
never be acceptable; however I believe that in
extreme cases it is acceptable
• Extreme Cases:
When National security is on risk.
To counter the extreme terrorists escalations.
In case of SPY detection.
In case of detecting any conspiracy which may
led to extreme results.
VIEWS ON TORTURE
METHODS OF TORTURE
• Blinding with light.
• Boiling.
• Bone breaking.
• Branding.
• Castor oil.
• Castration.
• Chinese water torture.
• Cold cell torture.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE
• Torture is not all physical pain; there are
methods that are designed for
psychological torture.
• Pharmacological manipulation
• Food, water, and sleep deprivation
• Sensory assault: hoods, goggles, loud music,
bright lights. shouting, gloves, deodorizing
masks. to self or others, of death or
violence, mock executions, witness torture.
REASONS FOR USING TORTURE
• Obtain a confession.
• Obtain information.
• To punish.
• To make the sufferer or others to act in
a certain ways.
• Revenge.
• Extortion.
• Persuasion.
• Political re-education.
• Deterrence.
POINTS AGAINST TORTURE
• Geneva Conventions ban the use of "violence to life and person-
cruel treatment and torture.
• United Nations Convention Against Torture bans torture of all
civilians, combatants, prisoners of war and terrorist alike,
forbids the use of torture in all circumstances including the
'exceptional ticking time-bomb' scenario.
• The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court classes
torture as a "crime against humanity."
POINTS IN FAVOR OF TORTURE
• I believe that if one person wants to inflict pain on a bunch of
innocent people, including children that aren't even exposed to war,
should get a type of punishment that also helps get information out of
it as well.
• Torture is just a means of preventing Terrorism.
• In the ticking time-bomb scenario there is a bomb that will detonate
in a public area and we have a way to prevent.
• I believe harm to one person besides hundreds or thousands is a ratio
that everyone should agree with.
• The benefits outweigh the cost of one man.
SLIPPERY SLOPE
POEM AGAINST TORTURE
Let it be a red light for torture never to turn to green-ever.
Let it be buried, never to grow again.
Eyes to see, ears to hear,
Noses to smell the sweetness of freedom,
Tongues to speak the truth without fear,
Hands to work with happiness and joy,
Legs to walk in the land of freedom. To jump, to run, to dance with my
nation,
To understand the reality of life from my birth until my death, to
glorify my
creator in each moment.
THE EFFICIENCY ARGUMENT
• Torture can elicit
information more quickly
and efficiently than any
other method. The “ticking
bomb” case: necessary in
order to prevent a much
greater catastrophe. He is a scholar of United States
constitutional law and criminal
– Alan Dershowitz law. He has also been described as
a noted civil libertarian.
TORTURE PROS AND CONS
• We summarize some of the most
commonly cited advantages and
disadvantages of the utilization
of physical & physiological
torture techniques to extract
information
PROS OF TORTURE
• Torture can be sometimes the only way to extract information
from suspect criminals. Some terrorist or members of organized
crime gangs are trained not to reveal information.
• Torture can speed up interrogation processes. This could
essential in cases when there is little time to prevent an attack.
• Some torture techniques, such as waterboarding, do not entail
long-term physical consequences for the prisoner.
• Thanks to torture, sometimes it is possible to foil terror attacks
and save the lives of many. The harm caused to one or few
people could prevent much greater harm to society.
CONS OF TORTURE
• There is no conclusive evidence that torture has been the key to foiling
terrorist attacks or capturing or killing terrorist leaders.
• Often innocent people or people who do not have the information sought are
tortured.
• Torture can have long-term physical and psychological consequences for
those who are tortured.
• Sometimes torture goes beyond the search for information and becomes a
sort of cruel entertainment for torturers.
• Torture is illegal in most countries and the International Criminal Court
class torture as a crime against humanity.
• The use of torture by governments can be use as propaganda by terrorists.
• Torture is unethical.
DEONTOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• It can be argued that torture is
an intrinsically morally
repugnant act
that violates human and civil rights
Thus, torture conflicts with
some of the core principles that
underpins our democratic
systems.
THE ARGUMENT FROM OUR DIGNITY

• It is wrong to torture
because it degrades us as a
nation, putting us on the
same level as our worst
enemies.

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