Saturday, July 20, 2019
Torture Essay -- essays research papers
Ronald D. Cretlinsten contends that torturers acquire the ability to cope with the moral dilemmas of inflicting pain upon and murdering their fellow humans primarily through the processes of ââ¬Å"routinizationâ⬠and ââ¬Å"dehumanizationâ⬠, and also through the notion of ââ¬Å"authorizationâ⬠(191). With such as the case, an individual adept in the art of torture would necessarily have learned to be cruel, however, that argument neglects the very reality that many engaged in such activities are intrinsically perverse, and in fact willingly and happily do harm to others. The prevalence of torture throughout the world can be accounted for in part by the process of ââ¬Å"routinizationâ⬠in which a regime, in essence, desensitizes a given torturer to the atrocities that he is committing in its name. In such a process ââ¬Å"what is being done to someone transforms into what is being done: information gatheringâ⬠(191). The task of amassing information and confessions eclipses the reality in which the torturer lives; this is achieved through peer pressure from fellow torturers ââ¬Å"to be a manâ⬠, by intense physical and emotional training, and through the employment of propaganda claiming that the torturer is fulfilling his duty and doing the right thing as his victims are immoral enemies of the state (192). In short, the torturer becomes disoriented and unable to decipher the actuality of his existence. This disorientation is caused by repetition, or ââ¬Å"habituationâ⬠, in addition to the development of the ââ¬Å"task-orie...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.