SOC203H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sports School, Moral Authority, Georg Simmel
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Torture: some recent examples: us military intelligence in iraq (red cross report, philipines authorities mid 90s. Israelis and us will torture describe corruption in the capital of the ruler certain military man want to overthrow the power holder, they failed and they were tortured. Would in this situation, torture be justified? since getting those information are crucial in savings a lot of life. It is not true that good only comes from good, but good can also comes from evil. (political infant is someone can"t see it) If one is a serious politician, one has to be prepared to use dirty means to achieve its end. If a grown up politican needs to be prepared to use dirty means of achieving good ends that means torture can be justified in certain circumstances. A durkheimian counter-argument: lukes: counter argument in durkheimian view. Was found to be passing secrets to the enemy. 1896: new evidence emerges, a major general in the army.
