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Originally Posted by Tex
I think the ticking-time-bomb scenario is largely contrived. If there were conclusive proof that torturing (definition is open) someone would immediately save one million lives, then I'd be hard pressed to say "no, don't do it."
But this is almost certainly a purely hypothetical situation. I don't think there's a concrete example that even approximates it. Usually the lines are very broad and very gray.
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Obviously, it is a hypothetical. But any discussion on torture uses hypotheticals, I don't see how you're going to escape them.
And the ticking bomb hypo is one on which many people base their opinion, pro or con, i.e. McCain...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10019179...wsweek/page/2/
"Those who argue the necessity of some abuses raise an important dilemma as their most compelling rationale: the ticking-time-bomb scenario. What do we do if we capture a terrorist who we have sound reasons to believe possesses specific knowledge of an imminent terrorist attack?"