Events at Abu Ghraib - ... While I agree that “severe” is a matter of perspective‚ what went on at Abu Ghraib‚ the depraved acts against Iraqis and humanity‚ were certainly torture. Trying to argue against that point would be somewhere on the order of arguing against gravity. The pictures speak for themselves (Unauthored). And also consider this: the woman who took the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs was “…convicted by a court-martial‚ in May of 2005‚ of conspiracy to maltreat prisoners‚ dereliction
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own idea and values of what America is what America stands for. In my America‚ we should not mass torture people and dehumanize them due to the fact that we can. In 2003‚ at Abu Ghraib prison‚ in Baghdad‚ American soldiers violated the rights and tortured Iraqi prisoners. The soldiers made the prisoners strip down and do humiliating acts while not wearing any clothes. What happened at the Abu Ghraib prison is an example of what can happen when one loses sight of their ethical positions. The stress
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crime or drug abuse. After all screening‚ they was left with 24 males. Zimbardo explained that prisoners and guard’s roles were picked by a simple “toss of the coin”. Each volunteer‚ regardless of role was paid $15 per day. The experiment initially
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mankind. While one might not see themselves capable of committing acts of torture towards others‚ and possibly killing another human being‚ experiments and real historical events have proven that there is a gruesome side within human beings expressed when placed in a position of power or control. Those who are not in that position expect those who are to act with a moral conscience‚ but it is easier said than done. The Abu Ghraib scandal and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison experiment demonstrate the powerful
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not do to the prisoner’s. The purpose of research is to measure data and its outcome‚ and ensuring the protection and safety of the subjects involved in the research study. Allowing the continuance of the prisoner’s humiliations‚ distress‚ and the abuse of power from the guards‚ was ethically inappropriate and incorrect. It is morally and ethically incorrect to watch behind the scenes‚ while such malice intent was being performed and negatively affecting all participants‚ including the researchers
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of his experiment that he created to understand more about the effects that imprisonment has on prisoners‚ and how a prison environment affects the guards who work there. In her article "The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism"‚ Marianne Szegedy-Maszak looks at the Abu Ghraib atrocities and the possible reasons why "normal" people turned into sadists who committed unfathomable acts of torture. Although Szegedy-Maszak
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Dear Mike Hum The article “Is Abu Ghraib the military version of reality TV?” is unpleasant to read. It tries to give the reader‚ the vision that US soldiers in this period are not responsible for their actions on torturing of other peoples (Iraqis) but rather the orders in chief. The soldiers act was because of hypothetical imperative and not by their own desires. This is total disagreeable. The most categorical imperative act is when your own life is at risk and to save it you must commit things
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The acts of torture performed on the inmates at Abu Ghraib were both cruel and inhumane. But what if the reason the guards tortured the inmates was due to the result of obedience from their superiors. The cause of the torture of the prisoners at Abu Ghraib could have stemmed from situational factors instead of the will of a few aggressive soldiers. Authority figures that use persuasive methods can be very influential. There are many circumstantial possibilities as to why the guards treated the
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Miranda‚ while reading your post I remember thinking that Mrs. Almond certainly was one of the best representations of the complex relationship that humans have with their own suffering. Looking at Eisenman’s analysis of the "Abu Ghraib effect"‚ we can even begin to explain Mrs. Almond’s behavior if we consider "[the representation of] the body as something willingly alienated by the victim (even to the point of death) for the sake of the pleasure and aggrandizement of the oppressor" (16). What this
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Is Torture Reliable or Humane? Imagine being forced into confession with your head down‚ and blood rushing to your brain. Picture the struggle of being held down and defenseless‚ against your will. Imagine having a thick towel pressed firmly over your face and continuous water being poured on the towel as you helplessly gasp for air simulating the effect of drowning. Imagine being bound and thrown into the ocean with a ‘weight’ that pulls you in only one direction: down to the bottom of the ocean
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