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In a June 7, 1982 Newsweek article, “The Case for Torture”, author Michael Levin, philosophy professor at City College of New York, addressed the use of torture in the United States. ... He wanted to persuade the reader that there are extremes in which torture should be used. ... He “polls” four mothers of newborns to find whether they would advocate torture as a means of retrieving their kidnapped babies. ... Nowhere does he cite any research that would point to the efficiency of torture to gain information, although in all honesty, I doubt that any such research exists, unless it is in files that will never be available to the public. Levin makes a jump very early in the article that his argument for torture is valid based on fear. ... ” The introduction contains two sentences arguing against torture and three sentences stating his stance for it. ... ” With a matter as controversial as torture, the eighth amendment of the Bill of Rights would have to be rewritten, crossing out the cruel and unusual punishments phrase. ... Michael Levin spoke of how not torturing a man who doesn’t try to hide his guilt is “moral cowardice,” and that in some situations torture is “morally mandatory” (1).
Approximate Word count = 939
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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