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Even with science, you don't get to interrogate a captured terrorist that 100% for sure knows where the bomb is/how to disable it - i.e. the Jack Bauer non-dile
by mseebach 17y ago
Even with science, you don't get to interrogate a captured terrorist that 100% for sure knows where the bomb is/how to disable it - i.e. the Jack Bauer non-dilemma.
There will always be a probability.. is there a 70% chance he knows where the bomb is, and maybe only 95% chance that the bomb is actually in place, correctly assembled and activated. NOW how many people would you have to theoretically save to make it OK to torture him?
And then there's the human factor. Who wants to be the guy that didn't torture the 70%-terrorist whose bomb subsequently blew up a mall?
What science can answer how many innocents it is OK to accidentally torture to save a number of people?
- Tichy 17y agoTerrorism was only one example for torture. In a direct war, the situation and "benefit" might be much higher. Also, maybe the airport checks are already a mild form of torture, deemed an acceptable tradeoff by some. Anyway, this discussion wasn't about torture. I am not pro torture. All I was saying is that the OP might change his mind with better data.