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Discussion 7_Intro to Sociology

Discussion 7_Intro to Sociology

Q Everett Hughes argues that behavior of this sort requires the complicity of “good people” who, while finding these acts abhorrent, might accept them being done by others. Clearly, the abuse at Abu Ghraib doesn’t compare to the Holocaust, but does it count as a case of “good people” farming out “dirty work” to others more willing to execute, if not enjoy, doing it? How could “good people” permit these kinds of things to happen? In your view, who was most responsible for this kind of conduct—those in charge or those who carried out the orders?

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The abuse at Abu Ghraib can be counted as a case of good people farming out dirty work to others more willing to execute, if not enjoy, doing it. The ‘good people’ permits this to happen because they are not affected by it directly. Most of the cases as seen in the photographs, the United States soldiers tried to threaten or beat the people detained. They are handcuffed in awkward positions and threaten by a dog bite. In the picture it is seen that the soldiers are harsh and they are carrying out the dirty work and that they are the bad people. But we forget that the soldiers are appointed by the State and without their permission they cannot take any step.