I am honestly not trying to sneakily argue for the use of solitary :) For example, if I was asked right now to vote on it, I'd use my rational judgement to con

I am honestly not trying to sneakily argue for the use of solitary :) For example, if I was asked right now to vote on it, I'd use my rational judgement to conclude that it's unethical and would vote against. However as soon as I imagine myself in both of these situations, having cellmates feels significantly more frightening even though I'm fully aware that I'd be 5-10 times as likely to kill myself without them. As others have pointed out, it might be because I have direct experience of conflict but not of isolation. However, I also don't have any direct experience of physical torture and still it scares me more than torture by isolation, so it's probably not that simple.