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Thread #55055   Message #907028
Posted By: Troll
10-Mar-03 - 10:50 PM
Thread Name: BS: US torture
Subject: RE: BS: US torture
Hypothetical question.
You have a captive whom you believe has information which can save thousands of lives. But he/she refuses to talk.
If you torture him/her, you may get the information.
If you do not get the information, thousands die horribly.
Is there any moral justification in favor of torture?
Is there any moral justification against torture?
For the sake of preventing end runs, you have only 24 hours before the cataclysm occurs, and this is the only link you have. You know that it will happen but not what or where.

troll