Blog 11

An ethical dilemma I saw brought up in Zero Dark Thirty was torture techniques.  In the opening scene you can see the conflict ion that Maya has when she is watching Dan torture a terrorist.  The way they carry themselves in this scene shows how a moral gray zone is being crossed.  As Dan, with a lot interrogation experience, goes into his routine of questioning the suspect you see how he goes from friendly and calm to aggressive and violent.  Maya watches at first in almost shock, she keeps her distance.  Then she is needed during the scene to hand Dan the water jug so he could proceed on water boarding the terror suspect.  She is hesitant in her actions not fully convinced on the methods that are being used.  So the ethical dilemma presented was torture.  In this scene torture seems acceptable because they end up getting the information they were after.  Yet, this is a movie so it can be assumed that this is how all torture scenes go and it can't be assumed that they always get the information they are after.