Ethics of duty, rights, terrorism

“The Ethics of Duty, Rights, and Terrorism” Please respond to the following:

• Read the article titled “A Moral Investigation of Torture in the Post 9.11 World,” located at http://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=…. After reading the article, explain one (1) situation where you believe that torture would or would not be justified in order to prevent a terrorist act in the United States.
• According to the article, rendition is “the system of sending captives to other countries with less progressive human rights standards in order to interrogate them more aggressively.” Discuss whether you agree or disagree with this practice, and explain your rationale.

Torture has been the subject for debates for a long time with various advocates taking and defending their side{Moloney, 2010). While criminal torture has worked for a number of crimes, it has not worked well for acts of terror. This is because terrorists have shown to operate on strict oaths which make them somehow immune to torture tactics. In such cases therefore torture would not be appropriate technique to prevent threats to national security…………………………………….words 338