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The original comment of yours that I replied to says that "torture = bad" and that all that separates good and bad people is principle. I have two reasons for
by ALittleLight 5y ago
The original comment of yours that I replied to says that "torture = bad" and that all that separates good and bad people is principle. I have two reasons for challenging this. First, it's just not true. Torture, in some cases, is completely justified. These cases are both hypothetical (you need to find the dirty bomb going to kill millions) and real (beat a car thief to save a child). Second is to question the underlying principle that makes torture usually immoral.
- rendall 5y agoI can ask it no clearer: Given that your counterfactual is an exceedingly rare edge case, why do you feel it is important to counter the valuable moral heuristic of "torture=bad"? What are you gaining by doing that?
- ALittleLight 5y agoIf I said "All prime numbers are odd" I would not question what you gain by bringing up the example of 2.
- rendall 5y agoWe're talking about torture, not mathematics. Ok. Feel free to have the last word.