As it states that torture is acceptable if someone makes imminent threat towards their life and there is no duty to retreat from aggressors before defending even there may have the opportunities to do so. But torture that lead by revenge is not acceptable. Due to the reason of self-defense, torture can be justified since people are under forced-choice situation. If they do not torture the aggressors, they cannot stop the
The use of torture as a deterrent is a technique commonly used in counterinsurgency. It is intended to intimidate and frighten adversaries into compliance. The persons being tortured need not have any particular information; their value is to serve as an example to others and promote fear. Political uprisings are often violent, and torture of a few rebels to prevent further outbreaks of bloodshed at first seems like a worthwhile trade. Yet a recent study on combating insurgency shows that "...torture is ineffective for reducing killings perpetrated by insurgents both because it fails to reduce insurgent capacities for violence and because it can increase the incentives for insurgents to commit future killings" (Sullivan 402).
War can break out when the hatred and conflict rise to a certain level. It can be destructive to a nation; Civil War is a good example. We should not regard other races as enemies. If we can understand, respect, and learn from each other; if we don’t judge people by their color of skin, language they speak, or where they come from, it is the day that we can trust each other and the cohesion of a nation will become stronger. Therefore, I believe mixing blood is not the reason that a great culture perishes.
Assumptions should play no part in critical thinking but unfortunately they do, and often. I know as humans we all make snap judgments, but the idea is to push aside our assumptions and judgments when we think critically. Thinking critically is a skill that you either have or you don’t, the ones who have it will ultimately be the ones to thrive in their respective fields. Though it may be difficult to avoid making assumptions, as professionals we have no choice. We can keep our assumptions to ourselves but unless we consider all aspects of the situation we are not thinking critically.
Necessity of the bomb lies with the amount of people that would have been killed in a land invasion, although it was vastly exaggerated. If next generation were raised on the path the Japanese were taking, they would grow up to become monsters. it saved many American Soldiers lives by stopping a land invasion of Japan and prisoners of war were being abused. But the Atomic bomb used against Japan was not necessary to end the war considering the numbers of American lives saved was vastly exaggerated, They were sending their battleships and pilots out on suicide missions as they were desperate, there was a vengeance for pearl harbour and racism towards the Japanese people, many victims of the bomb were civilians that had nothing to do with the war, the only reason Japanese weren’t surrendering is because they didn’t want to give up there emperor to the “unconditional surrender” and to demonstrate their power over the world. The bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to end the war as it would save many lives as suggests in source A “should adopt a position that rather than throw to this bomb we should have sacrificed a million American and a quarter of a million British live”.
They will withhold critical evidence from the defense team and will resort to immoral if not illegal tactics in their investigation of the offense. Their personal opinion is that they actually do not care if the defendant is guilty or innocent, they just want a conviction. They want to extract their pound of flesh. Also researchers have determined that some of the causes of prison overcrowding are harsher penalties for criminal activities, changes to laws that make new actions illegal, high recidivism rates and needed improvements to the penal system. Once the causes of crowding have been fixed researchers can begin to address the problems it causes and deal with them.
Because he feared losing his job, he did not defend his position with an explanation of his job description or scope of practice. By avoiding the situation, Rashad chose the passive aggressive form of communication. Effective communication is a win-win between two people. Aggressive communication is not an effective form of communication because only one person is talking. Robin overpowered Rashad with verbal assault rather than encouraging ownership, involvement, and teamwork.
→ He is unable to convince Brutus to give the command to get rid of Antony, along with Caesar, as Brutus’ words and rejection to the suggestion carry more weight, which are able to influence the rest of conspirators. “Yet I fear him;/ For in the ingrafted love he bears to Caesar -” This suggests that he realises and understands that Antony poses a threat of carrying out revenge for Caesar, even after the objective of killing Caesar is completed. However, his worries are not brought across to the conspirators as his words have no weight, and furthermore, his submissive character results in him not pursuing this worry. → “I wish we may. But yet have I a mind/That fears him much, and my misgiving still /Falls shrewdly to the purpose”, from this we can see how he still shows some signs of uneasiness about them giving Antony a chance but is still not able to bring his point across to Brutus and the other conspirators as they all reason with Brutus and later on even submits himself to accepting Antony and even trying to convince him to join them.
Me and my classmates were fed all those great examples of people fighting during Second World War sacrificing their lives and not even dare to look for any kind of reward other then admitting them into “hero ranks” of their “great” country. Fighting for reward was not hero like behavior. I realize though that this understanding of hero was more due to the norms and obligations of certain time and society. In “The Iliad” hero is noted for his courage and strength and desire to fight especially if they risk their life or put it in any kind of danger. But at the same time Homer also pays great attention to rewards, heroes get for their fighting.
Coercive power relies alot on intimidation, I would have to say that it is an informal type of communication because it is the abuse of power bestowed upon you based upon your position in the company and is not something that you are required to use, although it can be effective in the short-term, it can have detrimental long-term effects. A good leader will use coercive power only when needed. Today’s workforce is so much different than it was 30 years ago, you do not just yell at someone anymore and expect to get the desired results, for fear of discrimination or abuse. The legal system has made it almost impossible to discipline someone unless they have a track record of similar behavior a mile long. An example of coercive power in my workplace would be where our managers receive a bonus at the end of the season based upon different aspects of their performance and the office performance, two weeks before the end of the season our district manager told him or her that if they missed their office quota by one tax return, they would lose their whole bonus, and this is a situation that sometimes is beyond the managers control.