Week 5 Debates and Torture

I thought the debates were interesting. People did a good job on defending their positions. The issue about Abortion came up the most often. Personally, I think that if the parents can’t support the child then they shouldn’t bring the child into this world. People say that it is necessary that the parents live with the consequences of their stupidity but why should an innocent life suffer. The baby won’t have a decent home to live in and won’t have a loving caring family to take care of it. It is true that you can place the baby in an adoption agency but the agencies are filling up. They are becoming overcrowded because people are not adopting many children. The parents will live with the consequences of their stupidity by the grief they will feel for killing the life of an innocent human being.
Another topic I liked was the one about high schools not offering kids good food to eat so children are getting fat. My high school tried to bring in healthy food and cut down on the sodas and change the chips to baked but it failed because they weren’t bringing in as much money with the healthy food. The school has to make money as well and if it means offering unhealthy food then that is what they are going to do. Once in high school kids have the capability of making their own decisions. They know if what they are eating is good for them or not. They are almost adults and must take responsibility for their actions.

Torture: The essay on torture was pretty interesting. Mirko Bagaric, argues that torture is necessary. He says that torture is necessary in order to save the life of any innocent human being. He compares torture to self-defense, claiming that if someone is held hostage, the police have the right to kill them right then and there in order to save the life of the person taken hostage. He also gives objections against the argument of torture such as if torture is used the situations will increase. His second objection is that torture will dehumanize society and finally that people can’t be certain that torturing a person will result in us saving a life. He claims that if people torture wrongdoers then they will take responsibility for their actions.