| Hints | |
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| Deontologist | |
| Wrote about 24 | |
| Description of guidelines for interrogation procedures at GITMO | |
| A critique on utilitarianism-- not just the aggregate outcome, but his involvement in controlling the outcome | |
| In this section, argues that a torturer “unmakes” the world of the prisoner, by taking away their voice and sense of self | |
| Torture should never be allowed- the polar opposite of freedom | |
| Speaks to UN about Iraq | |
| The President has the ultimate responsibility for conducting warfare and one aspect of that is conducting investigations | |
| Realism, pacifism, just war theory | |
| 'Democracy and Tradition' | |
| 2 circumstances where torture is justified | |
| President had sufficient power to allow the NSA to monitor the communications of US citizens on US soil without a warrant because the fourth amendment does not apply to domestic mi | |
| Torture will occur--> torture warrants | |
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| Abu Ghraib is at once a microcosm of the Iraq war in all its failures and the proverbial canary in the mineshaft | |
| Criticized interrogation as “a system devised to break the will of the prisoners and make them wholly dependent on their interogators-focus on 14 people | |
| “If legal justice perishes, it is no longer worthwhile for humans to remain alive on this earth.” | |
| Morality is constructed and has gone through a moral trajectory | |
| Dirty hands | |
| But in the post-9/11 world, when the practice of immobilizing and virtually drowning detainees became a politically charged issue, that straightforward definition grew murky | |
| wants us to contrast 2 ways of thinking about power; top down, capilary view | |
| Whistleblower | |
| Legal justification for Sec of Defense regarding interrogation methods at GITMO | |
| Big problems with Dersowitz argument | |
| absolute prohibitionist; torture lies on a continuum and serves as an archetype in American legal system | |
| Torture must be used as a VERY last resort | |
| Utilitarian/consequentialist | |
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