"The Case for Torture"

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The author of this paper takes a strong argument against Michael Levine's position that, under certain circumstances, governments are justified in using torture. The author of the paper criticizes the example Levine uses in his essay, "The Case for Torture", arguing that the premise of Levine's example is too simplistic and unrealistic. The author offers additional rebuttals to Levine's arguments for the use of torture, including the fact that torture is against international law, the validity of information received from someone who has been tortured is rarely reliable, and government-authorized torture threatens the very foundation of democracy.

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"In my opinion, Michael Levin's arguments in his essay, "The Case for Torture", cannot be sustained and are easily dismantled for the simple fact that they are not fully logical and are too much based on simple suppositions and false premises. I will be able in my essay to dismantle his arguments one by one, so as in the end to prove that the use of torture, under any circumstances, is not only immoral, unethical and illegal (under international laws), but also impracticable."

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