How to identify psychological torture to moral torture?

Question

Why are people talking about about psychological torture? I read a book by this author Kossi Ntiafalali Aziagba in which he puts forward the idea of psychological torture. Can you psychologically torture someone? Isn't psychology an effect of the exploitation of morality? If he suffered physical torture, can we give him credit for psychological torture? Does physical torture involve psychological effects? Is this Author still alive? I'm talking about this book of Kossi. https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Save-Me-by-Kossi-Ntiafalali-Aziagba/9798374930719 Can someone help ?

Answer 1

Psychological torture involves the deliberate infliction of severe mental suffering, such as through isolation, sensory deprivation, or manipulation, to break an individual's will. On the other hand, moral torture focuses on undermining an individual's moral values, beliefs, and identity through humiliation, degradation, or coercion. Both forms of torture can have long-lasting psychological effects and are prohibited under international law.

Examples of psychological torture include prolonged solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, sensory overload, and threats of harm to oneself or loved ones. These methods are designed to induce severe mental suffering and break an individual's will.

On the other hand, moral torture examples include forced participation in degrading acts, public humiliation, or coercion to betray one's beliefs or values. This form of torture aims to undermine an individual's sense of identity and morality.

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