SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Individualism, Stress Position, Alexis De Tocqueville
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Examples of u. s. military intelligence torture practices in iraq. Prolonged exposure while hooded to hot weather, the sun, loud noises, stress positions. The feast of the goat by vargas llosa discusses the depravity of the regime in the. The torture might be physical or psychological (e. g. humiliation may inflict psychological pain). This also pits weber against durkheim (a position paper almost). According to durkheim, to even consider whether torture is right under circumstances is wrong and immoral. However, some like weber say that being a political leader, we need to make some unethical decisions. Lukes is interested in state torture, not criminal torture. Amnesty international is opposed to all forms of torture. Weber is not a sentimental thinker when it comes to politics. He says the state is an association with the monopoly over the use of violence. Violence is central to the definition of the state. Weber has a tragic view of politics.
