I realize that some may be suffering from "torture fatigue" but I just wanted to point out that the APA has a press release on the role of psychologists in the CIA torture activities, particularly the military psychologists who "reverse-engineered" SERA techniques (i.e., James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen), neither of whom are APA members. The title of the release is:
SAYING IT AGAIN: PSYCHOLOGISTS MAY NEVER PARTICIPATE IN TORTURE see: http://www.apa.org/releases/editorial-bray.html The recommendation they make if a psychologist is ordered to engage in torture is *DISOBEY THE ORDER*. Moral/ethical relativists can have a chuckle at such absurd absolute rules (I'm sure that they will be able to provide situations where torture is perfectly acceptable). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
