Abstract
In Chapter 5 I argued that the military cannot claim a special permission to torture. The role of torturer is not a legitimate professional military role. However, despite the immorality and illegality of torture, the military does train military personnel to become torturers. What kinds of military personnel accept this training? What is the difference between the military personnel at Abu Ghraib and those at Guantanamo Bay — between renegade, untrained torturers and ‘real’ torturers? How does military torture come to seen as a legitimate professional activity?
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Moral Responsibility National Security Military Personnel Special Force Military Training
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Notes
- 2.Ervin Staub, ‘Torture: Psychological & Cultural Origins’, in Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid (eds), The Politics of Pain: Torturers and Their Masters ( Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993 ), p. 106.Google Scholar
- 4.John Conroy, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture ( New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 ), p. 88.Google Scholar
- 55.Seymour Hersh, Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib ( Melbourne: Allen Lane, 2004 ), p. 24.Google Scholar
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