Your stand on torture

Letum · 01-13-08, 07:32 AM

For the purpose of discussion, I will assume torture is effective. This is debatable, but
not something I am qualified to speculate about.
Further more, I will assume that torture is in it's self a bad thing. I make this assumption
based on the common consensus and my own humble compassion for all of humanity
to some extent.

This in mind, it seams to me that the question can be boiled down to:

Is it right to do any evil if you think that more good will come out of it?

Making decisions with this maxim is problematic. It could potentially used to justify
anything, there are problems with predicting outcomes, it sets a dangerous president
for evil acts, and the morality of your ends are most likely highly subjective.

The term "torture" and it's ends are too broad for me to universaly condem it, but
I struggle to find a situation in wich the problems with it would not be significant.

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

01-13-08, 07:32 AM	#6
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	For the purpose of discussion, I will assume torture is effective. This is debatable, but not something I am qualified to speculate about. Further more, I will assume that torture is in it's self a bad thing. I make this assumption based on the common consensus and my own humble compassion for all of humanity to some extent. This in mind, it seams to me that the question can be boiled down to: Is it right to do any evil if you think that more good will come out of it? Making decisions with this maxim is problematic. It could potentially used to justify anything, there are problems with predicting outcomes, it sets a dangerous president for evil acts, and the morality of your ends are most likely highly subjective. The term "torture" and it's ends are too broad for me to universaly condem it, but I struggle to find a situation in wich the problems with it would not be significant. __________________