WHEN does the end justify the means?
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WHEN does the end justify the means?
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Purely a philosophical question. With release of the arguable "torture" memos, when is it okay to torture. Let us pretend that the "torture" methods helped saved lives (if otherwise, it would be torturing for fun and prosecution would be mandatory). Is there a line to when doing despicable acts is okay (to save and protect innocent lives for instance)?
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Golden
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torture by the state is unacceptable. torture is also unacceptable by a man. when the time comes that torture becomes "neccessary" it is up to that man to do what is right, law or no law. but not the state. |
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george
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when it your life on the line. |
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stevepitt2
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The problem is when you torture someone, you don't know if you are going to get information to save lives. You don't even know if the person you are torturing knows the information.
Study after study shows that torturing does not generate reliable information because the person being tortured will say anything to try to end the torturing, even if they don't have the information the torturer is looking for.
The other issue is. How can you tell the good guys from the bad guys if we torture people? |
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The Dark Lord
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If it was a matter of national security that could potentially end the country, then yes the ends do justify the means. |
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