Your stand on torture

Letum · 01-13-08, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

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Originally Posted by Letum

Yup, to invoke the "ticking bomb" example, one of note in moral philosophy:

Lets say there is a criminal who knows the location of a massive bomb. He won't
tell the police where the bomb is, however he is known to be a coward and will likely
tell the police about them bomb if they kicked him a bit i.e. a very mild torture.

As a hypothetical it's a cobbler, difficult to come down on either side.

This is mostly due to the assumption of perfect knowledge, which makes the situation less and less relevant. If you knew this much about the character, you probably wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

Oh quite, but even if we don't assume perfect knowlage, or at least no more perfect
than in every day circumstances, it is still a difficult question.

The situation has certinaly occured, all be it in a less stark way.

Jury is out for me for now.

View Poll Results: Do you accept torture to be used?
1 YES,no problem with torture if society and/or government can be made less vulnerable to terrorism	5	8.62%
2 Yes,no problem, since the authorities always make it safe that no innocents get tortured.	0	0%
3 YES,no problem with torture if it is really only terrorists receiving it.	7	12.07%
4 NO,the risk of innocent ones becoming tortured for false is unacceptable.	7	12.07%
5 NO,the risk that the government abuses torture for it's own agends not dealing with terror alone	9	15.52%
6 NO,torture must be considered unacceptable under all circumstances imaginable, even for	30	51.72%
Voters: 58. You may not vote on this poll

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