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Can tough interrogation techniques and torture ever before be morally justified for a region at war or under the threat of imminent attack? Within the aftermath of the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist strikes, america and other liberal democracies were obligated to grapple once again with the problem of balancing national security concerns resistant to the protection of specific civil and politics rights. This question was especially poignant when US pushes needed prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq who probably acquired information about additional disorders. In this size, ethicist Paul Lauritzen assumes moral debates about counterterrorism techniques that are significantly central to US foreign policy and talks about the ramifications for the future of interrogation. Lauritzen examines how doctors, lawyers, psychologists, military officials, and other professionals addressed the problem of the appropriate limits in interrogating detainees. In the case of each of these professions, a vigorous debate ensued about whether the interrogation policy developed by the Bush supervision violated rules of ethics regulating professional practice. These rules are critical, corresponding to Lauritzen, because they offer resources for democracies and professionals seeking to balance concerns about safe practices with civil liberties, while also shaping the character of those within these professional guilds. This size argues that some of the techniques used at Guantanamo Bay and anywhere else were morally impermissible; nevertheless, the healthy debates that raged among professionals provide hope that we may safeguard human being rights and the guideline of law better in the future.
